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~ Agility in the Face of Challenge ~

~ Agility in the Face of Challenge ~


It was a rough night. Sleep eluded me, leaving me with burning eyes and a body filled with discontent. The momentum and power I’d built over the past few days felt shattered, lost against the hard surface of fading hope. My body, once vibrant, now felt numb, frozen, devoid of the strength to fight or fly. Even the soothing candle flame and the depths of the black mirror offered no solace.

But despite the darkness, a flicker of resolve remains. I know that I must navigate this day with care, one step at a time. Checking in with my emotions, acknowledging them before they turn into a tide of anger, fueled by exhaustion. Finding the energy to feel life again, to return to the quest for freedom and self-discovery.

The choice is mine. I possess the agility to shift my awareness, to move beyond the temptation of procrastination. No more hiding behind excuses or seeking elusive balance in an unfamiliar environment.

Today, I rise to meet the new day, accepting the challenges it brings. I embrace the present moment, recognizing my inherent agility and resilience, the strength to persevere. For this is just another day, and I will rise to the occasion, feeling the pulse of life coursing through me.

I am grateful for this awareness, for the understanding of its impact. And with this knowledge, I boldly and courageously step forward, ready to face the challenges ahead.

© Jurgens Pieterse, 2023, All rights reserved.

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Negative contemplation

My attention is for a fleeting moment on this topic and then on another. I am still far from being a sage and mastery of life seems only a dream at the moment. Sure I have learned many lessons, and I cope well with a world that sometimes seems malevolent. But when I review my life and what I have achieved or attained…there is little that can be written in the form of real progress. I am like a rudderless ship that is blown around by the wind without having any navigation skills.

Maybe this life was about learning about mistakes, experiencing them. I do not even know if that was truly successful. I do not think I have learned the lessons I am suppose to be learning. What should I have done differently? I truly do not know whether I would have done things differently or lived a better life having done it for a second time. The moment you take a different direction you start learning from the start. We are born with a sense of blindness, unable to see the consequences of our actions into the future and unable to phantom where a small decision will be taking us. We can only read the ramifications of the future in part. I touched lives on a mundane level, but have I ever touched somebody on a deep level.  I find myself on an island, isolated despite a life time of effort to be there for others.

Is my rambling that of a cynic maniac or maybe a depressed soul that does not want to acknowledge it. Maybe I am in denial. Maybe the different pressures slamming against my boat like the waves of a storm just seem so much bigger and beyond me at the moment. My sin for the most part is procrastination….yes, if there is one thing that has time and time again hampered me from progress it is waiting, delaying….