I recall that this particular Sunday, hit harder than other Sunday's, that the moment of recognition that the day had to end, would be lost somewhere between the bookend of the evenings sleep and the following weekend. I might recall the next Sunday of this particular moment, or look back to this photo as a reminder of that transient feeling of wading into the streaming flow of time, held afloat on the back of another day of the week. That we all feel this envy of ourselves tranposed upon the ideal of the day, is less comforting and more alarming, that we don't do more to create these moments in the majority of hours that make up our actual week. I close my eyes to envision this lighthouse, caught in the haze of my subconscious fog, and dwindling in the distance, the day has finally given us it's beauty just a few moments before it takes it away. I wake each morning, and in a sort of karmic jest, drive the half a block to the Sound's edge, and glance across the water to this lighthouse, stop every so often in these morning strolls, and snap off a picture of the same lighthouse, only just out of true reach.
Kokua for Kauai | Being Here Now is Where I Belong!
I am realizing that calculated risk is in imperative action if I am going to fulfill a life of purpose and promise. This concept has always been present in my mind, though sometimes, similar to a thick canopy of tree tops blocking the sun’s rays, it’s enormity and necessity is veiled from my mind’s view. Just the concept, “calculated” & “risk” resonates to my core. I need a certain measure of extreme in my life, but I need to know I have planned properly for it, enough to which I am not putting myself in harm’s way. Planning isn’t always a triptych path of the roads to come, but more a trial and discovery through life that allows for, at the moment a risky decision is made, the ability for the mind to spin it’s rolodex of events, and says: “Yes, you got this!” of at least, “Hey, I am pretty sure you won’t muck it up!” Where do I belong? Where do any of us truly belong, swimming amongst other bodies on this small island, swimming in a larger body of water in the pac...
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