Thursday, August 29, 2013
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A Story to Be Told
Recently, I had a friend, (who intellectualizes if there is a higher power beyond ourselves), share with me that he felt life is simply like our own personal novels and that we are all randomly playing a role in each others own stories... that's it, nothing more. Always having been open minded to another's beliefs and philosophies; our conversation naturally got me thinking of the possibilities and a newfound appreciation of his views. This being my own thoughts and analogies about the subject. I could see where a good life could be comparable to a good novel both needing the antagonist and protagonist of the story because without these, our stories would have no directed drive. We would likely meander through a series of events without any sense of compelling inevitability. Then, when our story's climax arrives, it would likely be weak, not seen as the culmination and moment of truth so much as simply the end.
Never really changing scenes.
How boring and uneventful would this be???
This being the struggle between the protagonist and antagonist of our own stories representing this inner argument: is it better to leave things the way they are or to try and rearrange them motivated to challenge the status quo? Do we truly write our own stories randomly by free will or is there something greater at work? Maybe a combination of both?
The evolution of self = the struggle with self.
These are perhaps our two most obvious human traits - the drive to alter our environment and the drive to keep things the way they are. Whether compelled by circumstance, our environment or simply by chance, isn't change inevitable? So often we are scared of what it may look like if we attempt to make obvious changes to steer from status quo. Questioning ourselves in our desires to remain stable, secure, inside the box, not straying too far off of our current course, for fear of the unknown. Maybe those closest to us get a little concerned that the "changes" we make may affect their environment or worse, your relationship with them. It is these "characters" that come in and out of our lives, often being the catalysts in the change that lies ahead and do not even realize it. There are times that even the character who seems most aligned with the "Protagonist's" (YOUR) purpose may have a hidden agenda that makes them the perfect choice for Antagonist (THE RETICENCE OF CHANGE). Or, I have found that I might even play such a character as an apparent aid to the effort of change for another, and later reveal how that my own character was actually behind all the troubles encountered for that person, with good intention of course, but the end result?
Change for them.
Life, such an interesting game. I giggle sometimes thinking about how at the end of it our souls are all hanging in the same place high fiving each other for a good game played.
I digress....
Maybe we all do execute a little differently, but really isn't the end result and destination the same? Good and the bad. Lightness and the darkness. Negative and the positive. With no escape, we ALL have these same characteristics to contend with in ourselves and in each other. I believe, the key is remaining neutral to it all, trusting that in the big picture it is what leads us to the next chapters of change, evolution of self and of each other. Expanding us into a better version of ourself than the chapters before. We keep going, reading on, turning page after page curious if the story gets better. I could see how a good life lived could be comparable to a good story told, built on both good memories and even the tragedies of the chapters before; but for some reason, either way, we continue reading on. Hopeful the following pages leaves us with an even better story and good memories of the chapters proceeding until to the end. I say, be thankful for the characters who have shown up so far in the pages of your story. Be kinder to each other, less judgemental. Maybe work a little less on reading so much into another's story and focus a little more on writing your own great classic. Be grateful that good or bad, positive or negative, they have helped create the expanded, unwritten version of your story waiting to unfold.
Never really changing scenes.
How boring and uneventful would this be???
This being the struggle between the protagonist and antagonist of our own stories representing this inner argument: is it better to leave things the way they are or to try and rearrange them motivated to challenge the status quo? Do we truly write our own stories randomly by free will or is there something greater at work? Maybe a combination of both?
The evolution of self = the struggle with self.
These are perhaps our two most obvious human traits - the drive to alter our environment and the drive to keep things the way they are. Whether compelled by circumstance, our environment or simply by chance, isn't change inevitable? So often we are scared of what it may look like if we attempt to make obvious changes to steer from status quo. Questioning ourselves in our desires to remain stable, secure, inside the box, not straying too far off of our current course, for fear of the unknown. Maybe those closest to us get a little concerned that the "changes" we make may affect their environment or worse, your relationship with them. It is these "characters" that come in and out of our lives, often being the catalysts in the change that lies ahead and do not even realize it. There are times that even the character who seems most aligned with the "Protagonist's" (YOUR) purpose may have a hidden agenda that makes them the perfect choice for Antagonist (THE RETICENCE OF CHANGE). Or, I have found that I might even play such a character as an apparent aid to the effort of change for another, and later reveal how that my own character was actually behind all the troubles encountered for that person, with good intention of course, but the end result?
Change for them.
Life, such an interesting game. I giggle sometimes thinking about how at the end of it our souls are all hanging in the same place high fiving each other for a good game played.
I digress....
Maybe we all do execute a little differently, but really isn't the end result and destination the same? Good and the bad. Lightness and the darkness. Negative and the positive. With no escape, we ALL have these same characteristics to contend with in ourselves and in each other. I believe, the key is remaining neutral to it all, trusting that in the big picture it is what leads us to the next chapters of change, evolution of self and of each other. Expanding us into a better version of ourself than the chapters before. We keep going, reading on, turning page after page curious if the story gets better. I could see how a good life lived could be comparable to a good story told, built on both good memories and even the tragedies of the chapters before; but for some reason, either way, we continue reading on. Hopeful the following pages leaves us with an even better story and good memories of the chapters proceeding until to the end. I say, be thankful for the characters who have shown up so far in the pages of your story. Be kinder to each other, less judgemental. Maybe work a little less on reading so much into another's story and focus a little more on writing your own great classic. Be grateful that good or bad, positive or negative, they have helped create the expanded, unwritten version of your story waiting to unfold.
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