Life is a constantly morphing thing. Just when you think you know where it's all headed you wake up the next morning to a completely different view. The landscape has changed along with the seasons, but the trees are the same trees, only your view has changed. So you try to cling to the old things that used to comfort you, clinging to the familiar, but they provide little or no solace. The fears do not subside. At this point we have no choice but to surrender to the unknown.
that is where the real beauty lies.
It is not in the knowing, the familiar, the expected. But in the embracing of the unknown. a willingness to walk down a new path and to trust that everything is as it should be. perfect. as it is.
Schopenhauer said,"When you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it's a mess: just one surprise after another. Then, later, you see it was perfect."
Sometimes there are little glimpses of the perfection, amidst the mess. It is at those times we feel blessed beyond measure.
Posted by kerismith at August 24, 2004 12:22 PMyour way of writing this out is so real that even in the "what is wrong with me" one tends to find the "what is right with me" :D
Posted by: Sara on September 13, 2004 02:40 PMhummmm... interesting! its monday morning, I need someone to pour coffee directly into my veins, and here comes along a very clever quote, something that we all know but never realized it. You go girl!!!
Posted by: Glim on September 13, 2004 12:01 PMKeri... Thanks so much for your site!.. I just recently bought Living Out Loud, and have been browsing your blog... Love your inspirations! This post really hits home with me... one never knows what to expect when waking up to a new day... Love that about life!.... Debi ( a new fan!)
Posted by: Debi on September 3, 2004 01:48 PMamen, sister . . a a a a-men :)
Posted by: Katherine on August 25, 2004 06:53 PMI love that Schopenhauer quote...thanks for posting that!
This entry reminds me of my current favourite quote: "I have always known that I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today." (Narihara)
Posted by: kat on August 25, 2004 02:36 PMSo true, yet so easy to forget. Thanks for the reminder. xoxo
Posted by: christine on August 25, 2004 11:02 AMthis is so true - clever old schoppenhauer. where do you get the inspiration for your writing? Your journal is fabulous.
Posted by: krissie on August 24, 2004 10:59 PMHi Keri
i am looking at your site (specially your journal)Since i discovered it, I have allways the need to see what is new,so i really enjoyed to read you and see your drawings.I am also a big fan of Virginia Wolf, but i forgot my books in Peru(where i come from...)so when i open your pages i allways find somethingh to feed me...which is very usefull so far away from home. You can also take a look at my site if you are interested!!
Ah...good ideas here.
Posted by: Stacey on August 24, 2004 03:47 PMThanks for writing this today, Keri. I needed it.
Posted by: penelope on August 24, 2004 01:59 PMAmen, girlfriend!
Posted by: Lu on August 24, 2004 01:41 PMThank you! Your words brought a moment of peace and a new perspective to my busy day.
Posted by: Carrie on August 24, 2004 01:11 PM