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ENCIRCLED
Saturday Feb. 4, 2012
On weekend mornings I find I have time - perhaps my readers do too - to listen to some music. I choose pieces I like that connect, in some way, to my mood. I hope you enjoy these: Al Martino Mary In The Morning , Claude Debussy Clair De Lune , Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 , Itzhak Perlman Mozart Adagio for Violin
I often look back on the same date – a year ago, or two, to find – hopefully – some inspiration. More often I find, despite a year of effort, far less has changed that I might have expected, and far too many issues still cause me difficulty. I re-read my column from Feb. 4, 2011 … and found a poem I wrote that day which echoes . . .
WHAT GOES AROUND
Life is a circle because
what is wanted is not what is needed
what is needed is not what is deserved
what is deserved is not what is delivered
what is delivered is not what is expected
what is expected is not what is wanted
so, you see
life is a circle.
When I feel momentum in my life, in my work – or watch it at work in the news, business, the economy – it seems to be always noticeable in both mood and action. So, if suddenly the obvious signs of momentum are missing, does that mean momentum is gone, of simply gone into hiding – or, moving at such a slow pace as to be not noticeable.
What things would signify momentum, and what would signify loss of momentum – or a stall in things? I know I’ve mis-read momentum, mis-heard what I wanted to hear and mis-relied-upon assurances and promises.
Wondering, if everything has momentum, or if nothing does. Considering that everything, even if it appears to be sitting perfectly still, is on a sphere spinning completely around every 24 hours and hurtling through space at incredible space, then the difference between the overheated ping-pong ball frenetic state of one person’s momentum compared to a chair sitting on a porch is really a very tiny difference.
Degrees of momentum are tiny, yet the chasms between people seem so wide – but from far away, they would disappear, wouldn’t they?
We have, truly, so little variation from one another it is strange that we don’t just all feel like twins . . .
Mark Kolke
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column written/ published from Calgary - morning walk: -9 C/15_F, calm, crisp and clear, we walked the big hill both ways, observing old men with lap dogs and too many dirty cars to count . . .
Comments Received:
NO GIVE UP IN MY GIDDYUP
Good Morning Mark, I think that this generation tends to give up instead of finding another solution. We had less to work with years ago, so we had to be innovative. Now they rely on ‘innovation’ that is already created for them. The ‘old school’ angle – tried and true - is great if it’s the one that works! SR, Calgary
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