aristotle once described our challenge as the problem of a fish in water. "knowing nothing but life in the water the fish never realizes that it is wet."
it has become way to easy for us, for me, to go through life and miss all th people in the margins... to miss the opportunities the serve... to love. its almost like the fish never realizing that it is wet. how sad is it go through life and never realize the hurt, the pain, the need of other people around us because we are so focused on ourselves. the sad reality is that we "know" life is NOT about us, but yet we never change anything about it or us. sure, we have our own hurts and pains and needs, and we think that if we just focus on ourselves for now, maybe, just maybe i can someday help "them" whoever they may be. that is a mirage... an excuse to avoid the margins, the inconveniences.
there it is... the people in the margins and their needs are just inconveniences to us... right?
WRONG!
at some point in your life you have lived in the margins, are living in the margins, or will live in the margins at some point.
i hope it is a place that i learn to frequent as often as i can... i hope that it becomes a place that i love to be.
destination... the margins...
F
If you got my e-mail, Freddy, than this is the answer to my "rut"! Im too focused on me to realize that mostpeople around me dont go through ruts, but that my rut is their reality. I feel unfufilled because that other part of me, the part on the other side of the wall, is residing in the margins with the people that so desperately need love. Im missing love for others. May i learn to reside in the margins and be comfortable.
one of my fears is being that fish! that gets so lost in its self that it misses out on everything else! i want nothing more then to experience EVERYTHING!, everyone!
But then i think, if the fish didn't spend every moment in water it would die! this is the fish i don't want to be, i don't want to be so dependent on the comfort and the security of home or habit that i cant live without it. i don't want to let experiences, people, and love to pass me by! i guess comfort scares me.
much love
alice