The Next Joy

[Manuel Tavares]

The Next Joy
by Catherine Viel
https://purpelligh.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-next-joy.html

…I imagine the long
climb out of the dark…
up there to the dream she keeps
lifting, where it’s noon all day.
~Frank Steele, Sunflower

Watching my mind is like watching the antics of a hyperactive two-year-old. Since I’m an adult with serious responsibilities, I like to pretend that my mind’s antics are of paramount importance.

Instead of being content to gaze dreamily out the sliding door at the glorious, sunny morning after months of mostly fog, my mind pokes me to add more water to the cats’ food. I dutifully arise and do so, and have to deliberately resist the next assignment. As long as you’re in the kitchen, you might as well empty the dishwasher…

It’s humbling (and irritating) to realize how much of my day is filled with “as long as you’re here, you might as well…”. While some tasks are nonnegotiable, like making food, everything surrounding such nonnegotiables is open to interpretation. ...+
http://violetflame.biz.ly/cgi-bin/blog/view_post/1200918
by Catherine Viel
https://purpelligh.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-next-joy.html

…I imagine the long
climb out of the dark…
up there to the dream she keeps
lifting, where it’s noon all day.
~Frank Steele, Sunflower

Watching my mind is like watching the antics of a hyperactive two-year-old. Since I’m an adult with serious responsibilities, I like to pretend that my mind’s antics are of paramount importance.

Instead of being content to gaze dreamily out the sliding door at the glorious, sunny morning after months of mostly fog, my mind pokes me to add more water to the cats’ food. I dutifully arise and do so, and have to deliberately resist the next assignment. As long as you’re in the kitchen, you might as well empty the dishwasher…

It’s humbling (and irritating) to realize how much of my day is filled with “as long as you’re here, you might as well…”. While some tasks are nonnegotiable, like making food, everything surrounding such nonnegotiables is open to interpretation. ...+
http://violetflame.biz.ly/cgi-bin/blog/view_post/1200918