this year for Thanksgiving ( and why not also for each and every day ) take some moments to simply appreciate life
life is such a mysterious experience
one which i hope we’ll never Scientifically truly understand in the least
to try and understand life too much is to miss out on: the actual experience; and actually tuning in well enough to appreciate that experience of human ( among other forms of ) life
see if you can appreciate, too, all aspects of our experience together
up and down
good and bad
we are wed to life in all of its wonder and chaos, in all of its highs and lows — so try and appreciate and accept all that life offers us, even when it feels unfair or broken or wrong
this year i appreciate life — i choose to tune into that channel of human energy in a personally meaningful way
we almost lost our mother this year
i have a lot of questions for her, about her behavior, about her constant struggles with mood and escape and negativity and then manic joy
not all of these questions will be exactly smooth or supportive
i can feel ( in an unfortunately negative and low / sad way ) the immense power of our socially collected energies as a human organism — my mother’s purposefully-chosen attempts at the ultimate escape can be nothing but a dark and dreary ripple of hopelessness and confusion — a horrific example to ‘put out there’ for anyone in the world
it shows a lack of appreciation for life, for people, for anyone and anything beyond herself
my empathy for her obviously wanes at this point in the aftermath
but, for the rest of us at least, let’s hold on to life
we are all very vulnerable and life can escape us all on its own at any moment
there are no logical systems or reasons, either, that death needs to adhere to
so let’s appreciate life together
let’s set a good example for the world and the people we love
let’s appreciate each other with a new sense of closeness and humanity
tune into little things when time gets dark
tune into life