The wind can be gentle as well as cruel, as can life. It can be your friend, or your enemy. If life is a race, it may be less about the finish than we think. "...racing the wind through forever" is a quote from a poem I wrote once. It has several meanings to me and I'm going to share some of them with you.
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it can mean a struggle against a power which is far bigger, stronger, and faster. A hopeless battle in life where you just can't keep up. despairing. overwhelming. defeating.
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it can represent that struggle in a more positive manner. Struggling against that far bigger, stronger, and faster power, but also never giving up. refusing to give an inch. Personal strength and resolve. Perserverence. Challenge.
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It can represent a playful game. running with a close friend. cavorting and enjoying the simplicity of being together.
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It can represent freedom. Wind blowing in your hair. tears streaming from your eyes because you're running so fast. making a breakaway from where you have been. flying across the ground. refreshing. exilerating.
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It can be all of these. Life changes and we change with it, whether we want to or not. There are times when I am fired for a challenge and have the strength to face life's problems head on. And there are times when I feel dragged along. I feel weak. Defeated and hopless. I don't know why sometimes the same wind can make me defeated when yesterday I was strong enough to run faster. There are times when I don't know where my strengths and weaknesses originate. And I don't know why I feel differently today than yesterday. I have the same life now as then. This morning even. I really and truly just don't know.
Thanks for sharing this...
ReplyDeleteI feel like this too, and go from emotion to emotion all the time too, and never understand why.
Blog comments are so insufficient...blah. :)
Hey, I really like what you said here. 'that rachel person' is true when she (I'm assuming it's a she) talks about the insufficient of blog comments. I think that it's a pretty big thing when people put a bit of who they are out in the open for others to see. It's real, and so are you. I've always admired that in you; that 'it's me, take it or leave it' attitude allows people to actually see you. I think it's tough to show bits of our true selves sometimes..
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