MUSINGS and other writing by Mark Kolke

. . . . . . there is no edge to openness

TODAY'S MUSINGS

FEEDBACK / COMMENTS

MARK SPEAKS

MARK'S SPEAKING TIPS

ARCHIVED COLUMNS

ARCHIVE WINTER 2020-21

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2020

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2020

ARCHIVE SPRING 2020

ARCHIVE WINTER 2019-20

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2019

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2019

ARCHIVE SPRING 2019

ARCHIVE WINTER 2018-19

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2018

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2018

ARCHIVE SPRING 2018

ARCHIVE WINTER 2017-18

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2017

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2017

ARCHIVE SPRING 2017

ARCHIVE WINTER 2016/17

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2016

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2016

ARCHIVE SPRING 2016

ARCHIVE WINTER 2015/16

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2015

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2015

ARCHIVE SPRING 2015

ARCHIVE WINTER 2014/15

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2014

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2014

ARCHIVE SPRING 2014

ARCHIVE WINTER 2013/14

CONTACT

MY REAL ESTATE LIFE

WHY I WRITE MUSINGS

SHORT STORY PROJECT

POETRY PROJECT

SELECTED OTHER WORK


LIFE IS NOT A PLAN

Monday Mar. 9, 2015


Mourning, is over.

History, is behind us.

Morning, is here, now – spring-like, happy, productive.

No better way to begin new than thinking new, no better way past our past than to look ahead.

Everything we’ve ever done, everyone we’ve ever known, behind us.

Experience, behind us. First drafts and second chances, behind us. Trial balloons and tried it, did it, those t-shirts – behind us. Every day now, better than yesterday. Not statement of fact, or dream or fantasy. Because. I decided.

Here it is, day after yesterday. One day after that. There will only be one today. Then on to tomorrow.

Whatever is most difficult has been done. Whatever is hardest to know, is done. Whatever is hardest to feel, has been felt.

Now.

Today.

There is no plan.

Life is what is happening to us.


Mark Kolke

P.S.: many thanks to those who took time yesterday to call or write – especially Carla who called and sent marvelous grandchildren pictures, you gave me an enormous lift.

column written/ published from Calgary, AB

morning walk:  6C/43F, overcast and breezy – and what a wonderful mild breeze! .. Gusta, oddly, didn’t want to scratch for tasty morsels – she wanted to run, so we ran. That felt so good …

Reader feedback:

EFFORTLESS WHOLENESS

The anniversary of the passing of a loved one can have many tender moments, JD, Calgary, AB


Sign up to get MUSINGS by Email
» click HERE to be added to our list!
For Email Marketing you can trust

sign up to get Musings free daily


Comments are always welcome - please contribute to the discussion.  Reply to: kolke@markkolke.com

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. This site is updated daily, each column is retained in the archive when the next day's column is loaded ...  


Copyright - all rights reserved - Mark Kolke, © 2003-2021