Six years ago I pulled into an apartment in Grapevine and unpacked the things the movers hadn’t moved into storage.
Some people asked if the move was designed to be a resumption of the past and I said it wasn’t that at all.
The past had provided experience that determined it could present a new future. That was the design, goal and intent.
I didn’t know what that new future would look like or what it would encompass. I only knew that I had to do it to move a challenging present into the past.
Sometimes that trip down the river gives you a glimpse of what that new future might look like. If you are smart you recognize a placid surface doesn’t provide a glimpse of all that will come or even sign of rapids that most assuredly are there.
But when the ride gets rough and the weather turns you know that if you can keep your wits about you there is safety on the other side.
I Walked The Line
Read through a few old posts and some emails that made it clear the path I am on is what I thought it is.
Prescience isn’t a gift that I have an ample supply of though there are moments where things come together in a way I envisioned.
What I read and what I heard inside my head suggest this might be one of those moments though clarity requires I say moment is not a traditional minute or two.
I suspect we might be in what Tony Stark calls the endgame though I cannot confirm it as such.
Time will tell and if I want to be obnoxious I can let time pass and declare that whatever happens is what I thought would.
It really does feel like it to me and there is a real sense the reason for the storm walking and fire dancing is to get to that place.
Don’t know, can’t say.
What is certain is that one either feels support and fights alongside those who support them or one doesn’t and fights alone or with another.
It’s not complicated.
Sometimes people listen to and hear what you say. Then they can choose to take steps in line with your request or so we hope.
Sometimes there is no such alignment and that is when you take other steps that shouldn’t be a surprise because you said you would act in such a way.
What people do with such knowledge is based upon their choice as how you choose to respond.
There isn’t a big secret or any sort of code to solve.
Reminds me a bit of eating ice cream. I can have a few bites without concern for the consequences but if I ignore reality there is certainty that lactose intolerance will raise its ugly head.
And to the best of my knowledge there isn’t a good solution other than to not engage or do no more than take a taste.
But if you know that taste leads down a dark path sometimes it is best avoided unless you hope to spark an unpleasant event.
And so here we are, steps away from the future we go to meet.
