"Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas."
~Shoseki~
~Shoseki~
It's easy to like the idea of things without entirely liking the reality of them. We have such vivid imaginations and selective memories. We can create worlds of beauty and comfort in our minds. But often, the truth of situations as they are, is much more of a mix-mash of good and bad, ugly and beautiful than we can possibly understand.
When we find ourselves longing for things, let's beware. Chances are that we've put on rose colored glasses that have made our options and our possibilities far more perfect and satisfying than they could ever, realistically, be.
I stop projecting perfection onto future possibilities and remember that all of life is a mixed up bundle, and that nothing is exclusively one way, or another.
