Comments on: Mixed Thinks http://www.laurenflax.net/2010/02/mixed-thinks.html Frolic, Food, Footwear, Fiction, and Other Fixations Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: laurenflax http://www.laurenflax.net/2010/02/mixed-thinks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1085 laurenflax Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.laurenflax.net/?p=2483#comment-1085 Thanks for your words, Darrell. That is just the point, that aloofness really has nothing to do with maturity. The two are totally different ideas, but as I was growing up, they got tangled, and led me down some paths that were, let's just say, full of learning. I rarely get caught up in any business about normality these days, but there are times, particularly during transitions, when I think that it would be easier to take a more conventional path. What I am finding as I spend a little more time on this planet, is that many of the milestones in adulthood are external: not one's own accomplishments and growth, but one's children's accomplishments and growth. I have my own, of course, but during transition when things get a little bumpy, it's easy to feel a little lost, a little unrelatable. Regardless, I am ages and ages younger than I was when I was young, and it ROCKS. I don't think youth is wasted on the young, I think free will is wasted on the old! Thanks for your words, Darrell. That is just the point, that aloofness really has nothing to do with maturity. The two are totally different ideas, but as I was growing up, they got tangled, and led me down some paths that were, let’s just say, full of learning.

I rarely get caught up in any business about normality these days, but there are times, particularly during transitions, when I think that it would be easier to take a more conventional path. What I am finding as I spend a little more time on this planet, is that many of the milestones in adulthood are external: not one’s own accomplishments and growth, but one’s children’s accomplishments and growth. I have my own, of course, but during transition when things get a little bumpy, it’s easy to feel a little lost, a little unrelatable.

Regardless, I am ages and ages younger than I was when I was young, and it ROCKS. I don’t think youth is wasted on the young, I think free will is wasted on the old!

]]> By: darrell http://www.laurenflax.net/2010/02/mixed-thinks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1082 darrell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:21:55 +0000 http://www.laurenflax.net/?p=2483#comment-1082 Does aloofness equate with vacuum of experience? Are there other intensities, other fires of transformation, than drama visible to the eye? Aloofness is a different path with other blessings, other injuries. The phrase is, perhaps, "to grow up too fast," as if growth occurred in one direction. I am becoming younger as I age. Perhaps you recognize this phenomenon? The path of wisdom isn't necessarily one of austerity. And, the work is to cultivate your self, your essential nature. As you would whittle a shape from wood, you discern the indestructible soul in your perceptions. What of unnecessary milestones, or non-essential normalcy? May we grow younger! Does aloofness equate with vacuum of experience? Are there other intensities, other fires of transformation, than drama visible to the eye? Aloofness is a different path with other blessings, other injuries. The phrase is, perhaps, “to grow up too fast,” as if growth occurred in one direction. I am becoming younger as I age. Perhaps you recognize this phenomenon?

The path of wisdom isn’t necessarily one of austerity. And, the work is to cultivate your self, your essential nature. As you would whittle a shape from wood, you discern the indestructible soul in your perceptions. What of unnecessary milestones, or non-essential normalcy?

May we grow younger!

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