Evening Meditation:
The seven billionth person on this earth will have been born.
I’m struggling to simultaneously be aware of some atomic clock clattering away the current millisecond and to be aware of the infinite now of Zen moments devoid of gradations to the billionth of a second.
Our population is still exploding, the universe is still expanding and I am still my sober self in whatever now this is.
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
Mark Twain
Could it have been that bad? Am I ready for the side-effects of sobriety? Which wounds have healed and which still need tending? Which should be left alone for now? What are the rules? Will I find a virtuous cycle or will it find me? When?
from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Day 85)
Wouldn't it be awesome to just hit the switch "off" when the sobriety side-effects kick in? Just hit the switch Jim.
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