Originally posted in another place at another time… It’s relevant enough to bring around here for a repeat.
This has turned out to be quite the introspective weekend for me. Among other things written in other places, I found myself thinking about the lessons we’re taught by our parents. If they set out to teach us these lessons specifically or if they just happen by a stroke of fate and we only realize it years later.
Hello You,
I’ve written to you so often these last few weeks, but the missives have stayed tucked securely in my head, never making it to this blog. I’d love to say I’ve been so busy living life I just haven’t had a moment to stop and transcribe them all, but that would be a lie and that’s something I won’t do.
I’ve just been mired in the day-to-day bullshit of living. That utterly tiresome cycle we’ve all found ourselves trapped in at sometime or another: sleep, wake, eat, work, stress, eat, chores, eat… rinse and repeat. I’ve had some adventures here and there and I’ve heard some great podcasts which have inspired me though so I’ll share soon in later posts. But, for now I’ve become fixated on the question, “Is common courtesy dead?”
If there is one quote out there, of the many wonderful quotes, by the many wonderful authors and everyday folks that truly resonates with me it’s this one from Albert Camus.
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
I hope that whatever life has thrown you in the past, whatever you’re facing or will be facing… If you don’t already know it – you realize there is within you an invincible summer.
From the Mind of [dot] Me 