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For the moment there was contentment

4/26/2014

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Living and life

For the moment there was contentment

In the morning my mind was cleared with a light.  Thoughts that did come were orderly and took their proper place. The darkness was peaceful.  I stepped out to look at the half moon and greeted it.

Last night I had my weekly chat with dad.  He described the Passover get together with my sister and her family and grandchildren.  The grandson read the four questions.  Sounded pleasant.  I did not resent being far away.  A small skin surgery was healing on his arm and he was told to avoid the sun.

I asked him what the correct use of 'lives' versus 'lifes'  was for the plural of life and he answered lives.

After a day of fasting my stomach had quieted and my sinuses too.  A cup of tea with a little milk and honey warmed my insides.  Classical music softly played in the background.  The golden lamp lit up the dark, but not too much.

Earlier possible new writings structured themselves in my mind.  Each phrase settled in its own slot.  As the light hit my head the next step was becoming clear.  It felt big and inclusive. 

As I sipped my tea for the moment there was contentment.



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Maggie
4/26/2014 07:06:09 am

I remember a time of classical music, tea and soft light. Perhaps quietly perusing a book of the old masters or maybe the Pre-Raphrealites. The atmosphere was enabling -in a good way - to create dreams, pastorals, intricate patterns and ideas for painting. Am in the process of creating a similar atmosphere, an environment in which dreams continue to grow, expand and allow for realization. It's funny to have been young and to think one was "fully realized"

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Maggie
4/26/2014 07:08:04 am

To continue ... Only to awaken to "realize" there's still so much work to be done.

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steven
4/27/2014 03:37:10 am

All very true.....an "enabling" atmosphere to emerge out of....it was appreciated then but had to be fought for.......now its time to complete what was started back then.

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steven
4/27/2014 07:11:37 am

hmmm....I think to complete sounds to pressurized....maybe to continue and explore what was started way back when......as u say, where 'dreams can continue to grow.'

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Peggy Kennard
5/1/2014 09:07:14 pm

Maybe everything that comes to us in life, only comes to us in fleeting moments. We usually want more or less of whatever comes our way. We seldom are satisfied to just live in what each moment gives us....whether it be a good moment or a difficult one. We want to grab and hold onto the good times, and get rid of the times we find painful or difficult.
As you write of feeling at peace or having contentment for a moment.--that is a gift and should be embraced. If we also embrace the difficult times and determine that we can endure whatever comes our way just for a moment---it too will pass.

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steven
5/1/2014 09:10:42 pm

hi peggy,
you take an interesting turn here.....if contentment just lasts for a moment and is fleeting, the same holds true for a difficult time....that also is for a moment
s

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Peggy Kennard
5/2/2014 05:48:59 am

On Friday, May 2, 2014 8:40 AM, MARGARET KENNARD <[email protected]> wrote:






So good to connect with you, Steve n. I've been thinking more about the "fleeting moments", and perhaps experiencing life in moments gives definition and reality to what we are feeling. When an experience or a feeling such as contentment continues and becomes the norm, we lose the essence of it and are no longer aware of its existence...and then in our discontent, we keep searching for more. The same holds true for pain and difficult times, our awareness of it is only for a moment, giving us hope that "this too shall pass". Maybe there is something to the phrase "live for the moment"...the rest is just illusion.

Curious about your book...is it a collection of some of your writings and artwork? Your creativity and talent should be in a book...I think it's exciting!

Peggy

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steven
5/2/2014 05:52:27 am

peggy,

this is very good....illuminating....arriving at truth from different angles enriches it. by putting contentment within a time limit it is isolated, therefore noticed, defined, and appreciated and given an identity of sorts. same for pain. within time things are temporary thereby noticed. if they were endless, there would be no distinction. excellent on your part. bravo.

i'll put this on the site.
The book is writings from the past and drawings.... its been put together in a rough proof and looks good. but its rough and needs work so got help. some ambition to this whole thing is necessary. the downward forces diminish one's efforts, and to counter it ambition forges its way through. there is no normal, just a controlling of forces.

ok perhaps in the future there's a bitesize project I can send your way.

when it moves u write

s

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