I will face many challenges throughout my day today and since I have been up since 4 am I have been preparing mentally as I get dressed and get my things together for work at 7 am. A poem called Desiderata came to mind and it can easily be googled if you care to read it in its entirety. The line that brought it to the forefront of my thoughts this morning goes something like this
"Go placidly forth among the hustle and bustle that is life"
The poem was written by Max Von Sydow I believe and it is an excellent interpretation of how to live a good life among the chaos and corruption that has become our modern world. As I write this blog a line from a Christian prayer has also materialized in that vault I call my mind.
"Taking this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it"
The world and our society functions, but its level of function leads the cynic part of myself to say it only functions passably on a basic level and that it contains more dysfunction than function. In my journey to a healthy, happy and whole life I have encountered tremendous red tape from the very agencies designed and mandated to provide help to people in circumstances similar to mine. Their hearts are in the right place but the system as it is, is broken and the people who want to help do not have the resources they need to provide adequate help to all those in need. As such many people fall through the cracks of a system that has not been created to deal w/ all circumstance a person faces in life and is reliant more upon human judgement. The system as it is relies heavily upon rules that do not apply to every persons situation and does not allow any flexibility to deal with changing circumstances and a rapidly adapting society. Some thoughts of mine that required catharsis and writing is my personal therapy. LoL
"Go placidly forth among the hustle and bustle that is life"
The poem was written by Max Von Sydow I believe and it is an excellent interpretation of how to live a good life among the chaos and corruption that has become our modern world. As I write this blog a line from a Christian prayer has also materialized in that vault I call my mind.
"Taking this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it"
The world and our society functions, but its level of function leads the cynic part of myself to say it only functions passably on a basic level and that it contains more dysfunction than function. In my journey to a healthy, happy and whole life I have encountered tremendous red tape from the very agencies designed and mandated to provide help to people in circumstances similar to mine. Their hearts are in the right place but the system as it is, is broken and the people who want to help do not have the resources they need to provide adequate help to all those in need. As such many people fall through the cracks of a system that has not been created to deal w/ all circumstance a person faces in life and is reliant more upon human judgement. The system as it is relies heavily upon rules that do not apply to every persons situation and does not allow any flexibility to deal with changing circumstances and a rapidly adapting society. Some thoughts of mine that required catharsis and writing is my personal therapy. LoL
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