There is a point that most of us arrive in our lifetimes; the halfway mark? the hinge that bends us? a personal apex? At which life becomes simultaneously tiny and immense. It requires perspective and backbone to move through this transitionary place. I hope you make this crossing with the joy and curiosity your possess intact!
Thank you! A theme that I'm seeing in the cross section of Idol that I've managed to get to this season is the universality of experiences that seem really personal. Which makes for a really nice dialog experience in comments. And it makes me wish I got to everyone each week. But I take particular joy in your entries, so your comments mean a lot.
And who is to say that some calmer, less cinematic version of your important struggles won't end up just as satisfying as the dramatic imagined versions might be?
You pack a lot of insight and wisdom into this piece. And I agree with you: real success isn't typically the stuff of cinematic drama; it is long-term slogging along.
Me, too! My sister was in town this weekend, and KFP and I were running constantly from Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening past the original deadline. I had the idea percolating in my head but no time to write it.
Yes, all of this. I'm at the point where crossing off everything on a weekend to-do list (which includes watching a movie where people overcome crazy odds) is a success of its own kind. This is a lovely rumination.
Gracias! I feel like I keep finding roundabout routes to happy endings in these rumination. But not this week! This week's entry was pure fiction spinning fun. The opposite of this entry, kind-of.
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You pack a lot of insight and wisdom into this piece. And I agree with you: real success isn't typically the stuff of cinematic drama; it is long-term slogging along.
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