If you open exploring the mystery on the web (www.NickyMendenhall.blogspot.com), you will see a banner that features the trumpet vine that you see above. Compare the two images; do they evoke different feeling tones in you?
The change in my sense of the country I live in, and may I say of myself before the election on November 8, 2016, and my sense of self after, may be nearly as radical as the difference between the glistening green leaves with mysterious black opening and the tangled brown stems and leaves struggling to survive.
I marvel at my naivety in Post 237, glibly quoting Singh: "to open to what is, we may feel jolted out of our usual way of seeing ourselves and our world."
There is much to say regarding this sea change, but not tonight and maybe never. exploring the mystery is not a political blog. I wanted to acknowledge a question I received from a faithful reader: "What mystery is too painful to explore?"
For now, this is my answer.
Thanks for exploring the mystery - Nicky Mendenhall
If you open exploring the mystery on the web (www.NickyMendenhall.blogspot.com), you will see a banner that features the trumpet vine that you see above. Compare the two images; do they evoke different feeling tones in you?
The change in my sense of the country I live in, and may I say of myself before the election on November 8, 2016, and my sense of self after, may be nearly as radical as the difference between the glistening green leaves with mysterious black opening and the tangled brown stems and leaves struggling to survive.
I marvel at my naivety in Post 237, glibly quoting Singh: "to open to what is, we may feel jolted out of our usual way of seeing ourselves and our world."
There is much to say regarding this sea change, but not tonight and maybe never. exploring the mystery is not a political blog. I wanted to acknowledge a question I received from a faithful reader: "What mystery is too painful to explore?"
For now, this is my answer.
Thanks for exploring the mystery - Nicky Mendenhall
Some mysteries are too painful to explore.
See you next week.
Nicky
I don't often read an entire book, that is at one time. When I become temporarily bored by the subject matter or when I catch myself beginning to skim large bits of text or when another book crowds its way into my hands, I don't hesitate to close the cover and find a spot for it on one of my book shelves.
Almost always when I choose to open to the bookmark where I stopped reading, the subject matter I discover fits what I need or want to read at that moment.
Monday of this week, I was drawn to peek inside The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo. Hunkered down with several books of its kind on my dresser in the bedroom, it was patiently waiting for me to return. The bookmark, snuggled between pages 162 and 163, announced the beginning of chapter 33: Ship's Log.
DeSalvo describes how by looking through the ship's log of the aircraft carrier her father served on during the late 1930's, she was able to re-create his time aboard the carrier.
I felt instant recognition of why I needed to read this right now.
So I will ask you to ponder for yourself, and hopefully let me and other readers know, what feels important enough to you to actually keep a written record?
I'll tell you my answer next post. Since this is 2016, I'll expand the question to include what feels important enough to you to put it on a spread sheet or wear a computer on your wrist?
Please let us know! What do you want to record for posterity?
Thanks for exploring they mystery - Nicky Mendenhall
