What am I feeling today? Right now? I’ll allow some autocorrect in this post (though not when the autocorrection is wrong), but the point today is just to inhabit a moment of reflective expression.
Moments can be sufficient. Actually, they are all we have, though when threaded together, they can do good work for, and on, us all.
A helicopter seed from our massive maple tree just whirled its way by the window. One of tens of thousands, by my guess. One moment is here, then the next.
When people hear things they think are simple, they rarely make a point of thinking about them. On the other hand, when people hear things that are seemingly complex or confusing at first, they may make a point of thinking about them.
Maybe we are genetically predisposed to do this. After all, our minds have been tuned by evolution into pattern recognizing systems: once we determine what “box” an idea or event fits into, we can go on to attend to the threats, challenges, and opportunities that are unique.
But things that appear to be complex and confusing are frequently just ordinary things presented awkwardly, and things that appear to be simple are sometimes deeply nuanced or profound. By not “wasting time” thinking about them, we may miss nearly everything.