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

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

Tuesday May 23, 2017

In each experience of failure and weakness in life, each experience of ‘what went wrong’ we figure out new ways to be more right, or to be less wrong, and we carry on as if perfection is possible and we can achieve our most lofty goals. We can’t of course – but our brain out strategizes every chess-game move we make trying to outwit ourselves.

We get better at some parts of life, but not ‘the whole’ of life all at once.

It seems to me that different stages, realizations and transformation arrive like one of those ‘assemble it yourself’ boxes. Experiences we encounter are like the easy-assemble parts but without the ‘easy to understand schematic diagram in multiple languages’ which come with our lawn mower or barbeque in a box – we’ll put it together and always have pieces left over, always leaving from to second-guess ourselves about which steps we missed, which sequence was skewed and which nut needs an extra turn …

Is there strength to be found in our weakness? 

That question floated through my mind yesterday – and it stuck. It was a produce of this ongoing wrestle with self-control called losing weight, it was connected too with ‘life-review’ in my mind I conducted  while meeting with someone I interviewed on the weekend; recognizing for the zillionth time we are all the same, we all wrestle the same issues from birth to death. Our packaging varies, we travel different routes on parts of this planet, but we all move from fast lane to slow lane to ditch, and back again, through life’s stages.

Every day, every hurdle, every time …


SIGN UP get MUSINGS DAILY
For Email Marketing you can trust.

SIGN UP get MUSINGS DAILY
For Email Marketing you can trust.

 

FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME - COMMENTS ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ ... please!

 
First Name
Last Name
City
Province/State
Country
E-mail Address
Comments
Comments, pro or con,  are always welcomed are most often published the following day under COMMENTS RECEIVED.
 
Please use this FEEDBACK COMMENT form.
FEEDBACK / COMMENTS
←
 
Or forward your replies/comments to: kolke@markkolke.com 


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