All Things But None

Beauty comes from beauty.

And you make the world more beautiful by being in it.

From someone who knows.

:-)

You're fortunate to have the type of boss, you've got. I've experienced both kinds; and life's easier with one who has a world outside work. How lucky/interesting that you guys can be a support in such a personal way. As far as that force within, I believe we all have that. It's indescribable isn't it? But I believe you're on the right track, trying to think of a creative way to channel it out.

This blog is beautiful and I think you have touched a lot of people with your writing and comments. :) Me, for one!

With all you bloggers out there, I have the best teachers!!

"May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Yes! May our hearts!! Thanks alkam!! Thanks again for the Facebook invite. It's so good to see you!!! :-)

I do have similar feelings at times. I sometimes feel like life's a race, and I'm always trying to play catch up. I have to force myself to stop and remember that life is about quality, not quantity.

Life's a race? I've never thought about it in this particular way. hmm... Well don't race too quickly Jason cuz I want you to be in the game for a long, long time! :-) xoxo

"When you see your loved one on deathbed, do you think it is 'easier' for the dying, or the living?" What an interesting question. Is it harder to watch one you love suffer, or to suffer yourself? Not just any ordinary self-suffering, either - but facing up to the end of your earthly existance. Hmm... I suppose it all boils down to how each person is able to deal with death, doesn't it?

As for the question in your middle paragraph: Yes. Quite often.

Pain and no pain, the living and the dying, it is simply hard to say goodbye... Until we all meet again!

I think it's fantastic you have built this friendship with your boss, although it's sad that the subject of a connection is loss of a loved one.

And the hole? We all have one, I think. It's what you feed it and how you go about doing it that counts. (I know that sounded like a terrible innuendo, but it's not how I meant it.)

My boss is really a nice guy, though he told me he'll never move up the corporate ladder nor does he ever want to. We don't hear that too often from a superior.

Yeah, the hole or the void in our hearts... Or maybe it's something that we put in ourselves, or dig out... Thanks for visiting Sandy!! xoxo

i liked your post
often that yearning for something lacking is a call to look inward and do some Self work.
good luck

Self work is right and seems like I'm constantly working on it. Maybe the yearning is part of the whole, and that it all lies within.

I found myself just clicking on the button again and again, Robert; found some of the statements very enlightening :)

Goes to show you that we can all learn from even the most silliest things! heh! Hello Mike!!

That "thing" that seem to be missing? Lately I've been experimenting with the idea that the key really lies in taking pleasure in the small, day-to-day things - from going for a walk, to cooking a meal, to picking up the dry cleaning. I know it sounds cliche, but it's made a big difference - life feels a lot more fulfilled because - lets face it - life is mostly made up of those small, daily things. The big, exciting events are very few and far between for most of us. Also, get up and go buy yourself some canvasses and some paint. Or a good digital camera. Or a guitar - or whatever appeals to you as far as creative expression goes. I think there's may be something to be said for "doing" instead of "searching".

Great post.

"I think there's may be something to be said for "doing" instead of "searching"." You're absolutely right on that one, and I also think that thinking too much [or too little] sometimes can be unhealthy. heh! I think picking up a 'hobby' it'll only do me good on the exterior... I have absolutely no time during the week [long story] but I might look into doing a few hours of volunteer work on the weekends!! I do miss it! Thanks dantallion!! xoxo

Sometimes it is not a "thing" or an "event" that is the beautiful act, but a series of actions, a way of life, a constant in how you treat people and yourself that is the beautiful thing that you create. Take Monet's series of the House of Parliament - each one is wonderful independent of the other, but to see them all together is truly beautiful - the gestalt of the series - the sum of the parts makes the entire thing beautiful - like the sum of your actions and beliefs.

"...a constant in how you treat people and yourself that is the beautiful thing that you create." So much truth to that statement!!! Thanks Spider. I think I think too much sometimes, I'm gonna start doing by not-doing! I mean by like doing good deeds by not thinking about doing good deeds. Something like that! :-) Wish me luck!

Hang in there.

You've set my mind to thinking.

You know, I think we all feel and experience things differently, but we all struggle with the same life worries and the tragedy of loss.

...the recklessness of life.

I ramble at times... sometimes I also feel a bit 'trapped' in my head, or something to that effect! Not that I don't have many opportunities to go out to explore, it's just everything seems 'cause & effect'; certain things just triggers other things that's all!

What you said is so true, and what we DO with our lives is the final results!

Wow. You've really thrown it all out there for us to think about. It's hard to put those kinds of inner expressions into words...especially when you're not quite sure what you're searching for. I was just considering those sorts of things today....I sat at the river all by myself for four hours....watching men, ships, birds, sky, feeling the wind. Considering, thinking, wondering. It gets "big" doesn't it? Feels big. Feels large. Overwhelming a little. Can't quite put your finger on it. I'm thinking about you today.

From Osho: "When there is so much to say, it is always difficult to say it. Only small things can be said, only trivia can be said, only the mundane can be said."

By the river... I love it! These are the moments that recharge the soul and set our heads straight. It does get big, so big that sometimes silence is its only interpretation! Thanks for that Lewis!!! Yeah, I try to 'put my finger on it' and it always backfires! heh! Hope you're having a fantastic weekend my friend!