I discovered this little essay which was written on 22/02/2007, 15:00pm
(It seems as though this battle has raged within me, as far as I can remember)
We are constantly expanding our capacity. We crave new experiences. There is an insatiable drive, urgency and passion, to collect memories, flavors, ideas, friends, objects and possessions.
Gradually we become weary from our incessant searching,
toiling and expanding … satisfaction denied.
What drives and motivates us to embrace success and
following that, excess? Is it not ultimately our goal to create the ideal
circumstances, infrastructure, network and setting or environment, wherein and
from where we are comfortably able to create our ultimate work of art, our
reason for being?
Is there not a point, perhaps an awareness of when and where
we start becoming weary, the critical shift, when we are warned that we have
indeed already passed that point?
Do we in fact ever get so far as to clearly identify and
then attempt to, or complete that ultimate, unique creation which reflects our
true nature?
Are we not so totally overwhelmed with the permutations and
temptations of possibility, choices and consequences, that we never reach the
ultimate plateau of integrating all of our experience, into a distinctly
original blend, which would give each individual his unique aroma and footprint?
When we STOP! The
compounded energy we normally exert to acquire, could internalize and fuel the
personal ‘work’ that beckons and awaits us. However, if we do not create, could
this force have the potential to destroy us?
Is there any point in accumulating if we do not eventually
internalize?
Are we not as hollow as the books lining our shelves, but
that we have no true knowledge of? The
fuller our mansions and passports become, the emptier our souls? What have we
really achieved, such restless wanderers always searching and acquiring and
never finding or truly possessing?
One’s energy has to be drawn inwards, where it must be
allowed to percolate. Time for reflection must be a creative priority. Only
then, will each individual be in a position (after correctly calculating from
the blend of his uniquely diverse experiences, and his deepest feelings of
soul) to wisely report and harness, his innate accumulated wisdom.
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