reflections
It’s been a strange year. Almost since day one, something felt off to me, some rhythm has been missing, something has been off kilter, off balance, out of place.
Something I cannot quite put my finger on, in just the same way that you cannot put your finger on the reflection in a puddle without causing a ripple that erases everything you see.
And I don’t mean to say it has been all bad, it has been a good year in many respects, but I just can’t seem to gain my footing, I can’t seem to get back to normal.
I think that some years are like that. Filled with questions and quandaries and dilemmas and decisions and injuries and healing. Clearly, this is one of those years.
And it’s okay. Time has a way of working all these things out.
So I’m going to sit here for a while, quiet, very still, with my hands in my pockets, and just stare at this reflection.
And when I’m ready, which will be sooner than later, I’m going to touch a fingertip, every so gently, to the surface.
Because normal is just a notion and there is life
happening all around me.
June 25th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Oh, Kelly! I love that reminder, @ touching the “puddle” & causing ripples in everything. One of me & Colin’s favorite movies was/is Tombstone, w/ one of the favorite lines being Doc Holliday on his deathbed, saying “There is no “normal life”, Wyatt. There’s just life. And you get on with it.” <3
June 25th, 2011 at 11:18 am
“Normal is just a notion.” Your words are always visual and magical, leaving images deep within in me that I can pull up when the time is right. I will forever on remember when to gently touch the surface.
June 25th, 2011 at 11:24 am
normal is just a notion.
this is so well said. so beautifully written. so exactly right.
June 25th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Beautiful.
June 25th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
So beautifullly put, it feels as though it’s one of ‘those’ years for me too.
June 25th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Amen.
June 25th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Beautiful as always 🙂
June 25th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
well said….feeling you.
I read a japanese proverb somewhere
that said
“some years ask questions;
other years answer them.”
Leaning into the questions
may kiss you with peace.
Wonderful share,
Jennifer
June 25th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
I so understand those feelings, beautifully written, and the photo is captivating!
June 25th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Beautifully shared… and how the ripples stir the motions of our entire world! Loved this!
June 26th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Ah, some years are like this. That I do know. And normal truly is a notion.
June 26th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
wow…isn’t this the truth…some years truly can feel like they just don’t fit quite right…..but we do manage to get through them, while hoping the next one fits like a glove 🙂
xo
June 26th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
It is interesting how we want to go back to what we think is normal … but then again, how do we ever go back. We can only go forward to a new place. And that can be even better. Such beautiful words, Kelly.
June 27th, 2011 at 6:26 am
Stepped here and once again I am confronted with the truth in the most delicate and lovely of ways. This year has been unsettled and I think that that’s okay. Like you said, time has a way of working these things out and I don’t mind being along for the ride.
June 27th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Awesome.
June 27th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
“normal is just a notion” – i love that. and i don’t know about you, but sometimes i need to just sit on the front porch of life, fanning myself and watching life happen all around me.
July 10th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
I love this.