The Void pt. 1

After a weekend with my new brothers in Fort Worth I give thanks to my brother Orion for his hospitality. Also, thank you Kari for your patient input and kind character - it is appreciated (you are definitely helping me in my 'great adventure').

To those who responded to my last e-mail - awesome, awesome, awesome!!! To those who did not - well .........

As the journey continues the spirit moves and I am again compelled to share. Naturally, some of the "compelling" is due to a need to feel connected - but so be it - I guess after all, I'm human (kriy-kee).

Hopefully, that which I share somehow edifies those who read. If not - oh well, what can I say?

And so, I give you a little diddy (feel free to share) ---

THE VOID

pt1

(Status Quo)

There are epochs in our lives wherein nothing seems to make sense. No matter how bright the sun, clear the sky or blue the ocean, status quo eats away at our conscious creating a growing void within.

We often medicate this evolving emptiness with everything from entertainment and business to religion, only to delay the outcome - a conflict with self.

During this progression we will point the finger at every and all measure of external cause and effect, attempting diversion, as if we were the victim of some grand conspiracy, but resistance is futile. Naturally, there are phases that progressively unveil the source, such as recession and denial, but short of spontaneous combustion the inevitable is, well, inevitable.

In "the cool of the day", after we have expended all our defensive energy, reality sets in and we are left facing the central character in this twisted play of emotional upheaval - self.

It is at this point the Void becomes overwhelmingly apparent, revealed in feelings so intense they easily remind us of a great weight tied to our feet, the vacuum of space - or even a Black Whole.

While the pain of this position in space and time is intense, it is our "Event Horizon" - the location wherein we know our destiny if we continue without a major change in course, it is the moment of opportunity and decision.

As we confront this Void, a dual question takes precedence, "How do we escape the gravitational pull of our own insufficiency and plot a course toward proficiency?"

Stay tuned for part two ...

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