I was very moved by something Kathy Malkasian from Valley Ridge Art Studio shared on Facebook. It is from the book ‘Atlas Shrugged’.
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
—Ayn Rand
Blue Sky with Trees & Clouds
How is it so easy for me to slip into a place of forgetting my rightful place here? The all-too-common process of being sidetracked by the hurried frantic activities of every day life. That is the nature of my battle. So often I am living without being in touch with that most precious of gifts . . . inner peace and the knowing, the connection, to all that is. Once I’m aware that I’m being led astray then it is once again time to reassess to pull back from the entrapments of things that aren’t so important as they can seem in the moment.
The world I desire is that place which sits quietly almost imperceptibly in the still air around the mountain. The whisper of the breeze gently caressing leaves until they float to the soft earth to return at last to where they began. The world I choose to make my home is far from the corporate battlefields. It is in the place that is real.
I’m not one of those evolved and harmonious souls who is always centered and always at peace. Definitely that is not me! At least not today. But thankfully I can turn away from the worldly entrapments when hearing truth’s gentle words spoken that reminds me it is not beyond reach.
Trees with Blue Sky and Clouds
There is no doubt I will be pulled back into the hectic running of errands and the doing of things that have meaning only to survive and exist– or worse– merely a way to pass the time. And I will *wake up* and remember where I really should be. And I will return then to the better place. Perhaps by reading something like what Kathy posted that meant so much more to me than I can say.
kathy said,
January 24, 2009 at 4:23 am
It is easy to be pulled back into the reality of being human in a world that requires us to be productive. Thank goodness for these moments.
sue said,
January 25, 2009 at 5:45 pm
How glad I am that I have discovered your blog through
OWOH and am now following you. I am constantly dealing with ‘everyday’, feeling conflicted, yearning for inner peace and your post has really hit home. The quote by
Ayn Rand is so timely for me. Thank you.
Sue:)
remnants said,
January 25, 2009 at 9:13 pm
That means a lot to hear that. Sometimes it’s hard to write about when I fall short and to allow complete strangers to learn of my internal struggles. But that it helped you too absolutely makes my day. Thanks so much for letting me know that, Sue.