Reading a fictional book today, the author dropped a few profound character thoughts. They were those kind of words that make you want to write them down in a junk journal or tuck away where you can read them again someday, just as a reminder. I won’t share the book, partly because the book is really irrelevant to the connections that I felt to the character’s thought, but also the book had a really unexpected icky topic that I don’t want to promote. Anyway, this is what was put out there to the audience:

‘It is at the point of transition, that awareness is created. The step into another state changes everything. As long as I was living in a state of ignorance, I had functioned. But I had not lived.’

Then a little bit before these words, there was this:

‘Everything looked different, My home had gained a different persona. Or perhaps it was my perspective that had changed. It felt like removing a garment that you had worn for ages just to keep warm, and discovering that it is beautiful. I walked through the rooms and felt as if I were seeing them for the first time.’

Lately, I have been experiencing this type of unveiling of sorts. It isn’t just in my home or other physical surroundings, as the author describes above. It is also seen in my interactions with other people. I see new things in society as a whole. People that I used to strive to emulate, or try to gain recognition from, no longer hold my interest. In fact, I have found many to be lacking in character. My own character being under construction as well, I find myself floating on my own raft with its own leaks in need of repair. You would think me to be discouraged, but I am finding my own steps to be freeing, albeit awkward. Like unknowingly hiking through miles of mud and finding myself of solid ground. It’s disorienting, but good. This boat of humility is finally on a course of positive fulfillment. The most shocking part of it all, is that I see myself having a great amount of calm, patience, and understanding in a world of confusion and chaos.

Let’s talk again very soon, friend.