Nights, sometimes endless …Inside, a burning fever, a fever of fearing the future, but longing for more … a fever summoning me from the slumber I cherish. I feel like there is something wrong. This is not where I am supposed to be. This is not the way life is supposed to be, a paradox, accentuated by that quote: “The hardest place to be, is right where you’re at.”
It takes an effort to go into the place, metaphorically a small storage shed, where some thoughts might need to be tweaked or discarded; where emotions need to be checked; where self-pity needs to be conquered, left on the battlefield for the wild animals to feast on … And a question that resurrects me from my restless soul: “What do I know to be true?” I know that I am a good man, that I do have what it takes. I know that I do have hope, passion … That they are not gone. They just to be tapped and released. There is a process. And it is part of my calling to be faithful to the process, and there is some mystery in the process. That’s okay. And a restless soul is not always a bad thing.
Other Side of the Trees 
restless is always much better than static.
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Static … Hmmmmmm … Wow – Never contrasted those two. You speak about the value of restlessness. Yes … Creativity comes out of restlessness, maybe? Thanks Beth … Good words.
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yes, exactly. along with a refusal to accept the status quo, just because it’s easier and has always been done –
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Oh wow … some dots connecting. You have a heart for the young ones, teach them from your good heart, and you help them to learn to use their minds, creatively, with wisdom, and … therefore … to not always look for the easy way way / the status quo. I don’t know if that makes sense …
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Perfectly –
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