Zestful Blog Post #228
Living in Florida gives you lots of opportunities to learn
to live with ambiguity. The storm may come and kill you. If it doesn’t kill you
because your shelter was adequate or you got the hell out of the way, it may
destroy your dwelling, all of your stuff, your neighbors’ dwellings and stuff,
and maybe even the whole town.
Or it may not.
It could veer away in a little gust and leave you with a few
palm fronds in your yard to clean up. Such it is with so many things. It could
go wrong. It could go right. One must watch, wait, make decisions, and act.
[Graffiti in the bathroom stall at John King Books, Detroit, 2016. I think I used this photo once before. Wouldn't it make a good tattoo?]
Detachment is a powerful ally. We can’t take any of those
cool possessions along in the end, anyway. Well, then! What if we detach now? We
find ourselves with everything else, which is to say, everything: love,
honesty, and freedom. It's a beautiful world.
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They say that you can't take it with you. It'll hurt to lose your possessions. But it wouldn't compare to losing your morality, human decency, love, friendship and compassion.
ReplyDeleteStay safe durung Irma.
Love and thanks, Lidy.
DeleteAnd worrying about something doesn't make it better or easier. Like you said, stuff is just stuff.
ReplyDeleteYeah, anxiety is a killer, Beej. XO
DeleteWatching all of this in TX and now FL, I thought about possessions and their meaning in my life. I have decided if I needed to quickly leave my house, if I have my dog and my purse with ID essentials, that is good for me. The rest really is just stuff. It really stuck in my head those many folks in TX who wouldn't leave their homes because someone might steal their stuff. Wow. Good opportunity to think about all this!
ReplyDeleteYes, along the same lines of people trying to wrestle their bags off the plane during an emergency exit. Thanks for checking in, Lynne.
DeleteStay as safe as you can, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Terrie!
DeleteI'm hoping that you, your family and neighbors stay safe.
ReplyDeleteBev, thanks, we're good.
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