now that some time has passed since the new year, i've had a chance to think about what this year's going to mean to me. it's been too easy to get sidetracked; myopically thinking too much about certain things, and thus losing sight of any real goal. losing focus, losing energy...losing balance. my hope is to 1) really understand what those goals are and what they'll mean to me, and 2) to get back on track and try to claw my way towards them by any means possible.
a funny thing happened this morning while sitting in the lineup, between sets, one of those wirey water birds surfaced near me with his morning breakfast. He had chased down and caught a very large sea bass that was literally 3/4 its size and was now faced with the task of trying to stuff that enormous thing down its narrow gullet. It took the bird a few tries, undoubtedly involving some internal reappropriation of space, but it managed to fit that entire fish in. He seemed set for the next week. Sometimes the very simplest acts of nature can provide strong and clear metaphors indicating what is truly achievable if we keep our eyes, ears, minds (and mouths) wide open.
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