- Fear of trapped.
- Fear of future.
- Fear of loneliness.
- Fear of failure.
- Fear of unconsummated talent.
- Fear of too much.
- Fear of not enough.
- Fear of boxes.
- Fear of being ripped from boxes.
- Fear of language.
- Fear of finality.
- Fear of change.
- Fear of rejection.
- Fear of never-ending tiredness.
- Fear of peaking.
- And slipping.
- And disappointing.
- And disappearing.
- Fear of forgetfulness.
- Fear of losing perspective.
- (Fear of unaware irony).
- Fear of money.
- Fear of apocalypse.
- Fear of mindlessness.
- Fear of rabbit holes.
- Fear of being too afraid to jump them.
- Fear of losing agency.
- Fear of history repeating.
- Fear of arbitrariness.
- Fear of being too small.
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Reasons to scratch these off the list:
ReplyDelete1. Can't go up or out, left or right, always room to go deeper and further in.
2. No such thing. Only a continual emergence of a present.
3. Many by you now and with you always. Keep sharing and keep listening and there will always be more meaningful relationships to follow.
4. Failure is one of the best learning tools and an absolute requirement for success - failure is a motivator and a focusing tool.
5. Chocolate Ice Cream. Life is full of potentials and whatever you put your heart into will be the execution of your talents. Be proud of them all.
6 and 7. Perspectives. Let the yogi in you balance them out.
8. Better than microwaves?
9. See #2. Can't be ripped from what has been made before.
10. Weijafda#T! DS:F. adf. Good thing we've go it, then.
11. "And do not think of the fruit of action.
Fare forward." -The Dry Salvages, Eliot
12. 人生無常，活在當下。Life is impermanence, live in the moment.
13. Another guidance tool.
14. Coke? No, sometimes we are allowed to sleep and to rest.
15. Can't have an up without a down, for it is by the down that we know up.
16. First step towards a controlled slide and wild ride.
17. Who is the judge? Those who love you will do so always.
18. Life will remember.
19. A filter for things more important, sometimes things slip through the cracks.
20. Try opposites lists.
21. Wouldn't be the first missed joke. Read Calvin and Hobbes lately?
22. Evil dirty thing, isn't it? Follow your passion and life will find a way to support you.
23. If it comes, we're all dead anyway. If it doesn't, limiting our joy and efforts towards ideals now for an end that never came would be cause for regret.
24. Like #19, the mind is up to its own tricks. Perhaps a change in focus can lead to a change in perspective.
25. Better than a snake hole.
26. Things didn't really work out that well for Neo, did they? If everyone jumps in, who'll stay and report from above ground? Have to end up somewhere anyway.
27. I didn't know the CIA let agents keep blogs. Anyway, there are so many options for action within your environment.
28. Might be some good reruns, too.
29. Think of it like faith. If you cannot in this form understand the reason why, it's not so different from there never having been one to begin with.
30. Maybe you're just the right size (as you will always be the only size) for you.
Your happy/family/friends/love/funny tags are way above the discontent/sad/sadness tags. I'm also rocking it 2 above Fran.
Next time you can make your list of 30 Loves!
Love you!
Oh goodness, I love you.
ReplyDeleteAlso I have two words for #8: corn muffin. Scratch that, five words: corn muffin pope's soil. Microwave?
# 25 made me laugh and think of Frances.
Didn't things work out for Neo? I can't remember.
Really though-- thank you. I'm glad I put down my pen, and made this public, if only to have my big brother (who will always be my big brother) challenge me to get out of the confines of my own, broody head.
List of 30 loves en proceso. Here's a preview:
1. Mom
2. Dad
3. You
4. Frances
5. Comet
6. Chewy