If this beautiful winter skeleton of Queen Anne’s Lace was a sculpture – my sculpture – it would be titled The Impossibility of Containment. Trying to hold on to the magic movement of life. It spills out in every direction.
I once had an espresso martini in Aspen, Colorado. It was the single best drink I’ve ever had. It was so good I did something I never do: I had two. I savored every sip. Occasionally since then, in other watering holes on earth that offer a drink by the same name, I’ve tried to replicate the past. To no avail. The bar in Aspen no longer exists so, like a good sand painting, my espresso martini revelry lives where it belongs, on the wind and in my yearning.
This week I completed another trip around the sun. I look in the mirror and am sometimes surprised by the face that stares back at me. My eyes remain consistent, yet what my eyes are capable of now seeing has changed dramatically. Although I occasionally yearn for my younger face, I would never exchange my current eyes for my former sight.
I see possibility spilling out in every direction. Simplicity. I see extraordinary friends all around. Each morning I open my eyes to the one face that fills my heart to bursting. I am, as Nietzsche suggests, loving my fate. Every pothole, every mountain-to-climb, every seeming obstacle, every frustration, a magic moment, a heart-seed leading to who-knows-where. Life spilling out in every direction.
I’m practicing the skill of opening wide my arms, welcoming the impossibility of containment.
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The Direction of Intention 
Happy 70th Birthday, David! In three more years I will catch up to you! Ain’t life grand – what with new wrinkles, aching joints, etc. spilling over…
Hey! Don’t tack rings onto my tree! 🙂 70 is a ways off for me. When you hit it, I’ll be four years behind you. I just look weathered (so my niece tells me) 😉 Lol!
Sorry man! It must be all those years on the high seas, you pirate. I am glad you like humor – even at your own expense! I will shut up and let the day now unfold.