I have a quest; I’m not exactly sure what it is. But I feel it’s evolving-slowly. Sometimes Life’s like that. It takes its time. It’s been said that the process is a vital part of the destination, sometimes more so. That being the case, I’m looking for clues suggesting that’s what’s happening.
I saw a beautiful movie “brother sun sister moon” which had an impact on me. Why? That’s what I want to know. Why? I saw it twice. There was no hidden message; it was right up front. When a story grips you, you want to know what’s going on within. The acting, the story, the scenery, the directing by Franco Zeffirelli was superb. The story’s about St. Francis of Assisi, the son of a wealthy merchant, who decided the life his father wanted for him was not what he wanted. Many people lately are saying they long for a different way of life. So although the message is an old one, it’s still a timely one.
It seems that more and more people are talking about how busy they are, and how tired they are. It’s all true. They look busy and seem tired. What are we doing that makes us so busy? Busy because we don’t know how to stop the roller coaster we’re on? Busy because we can’t say that tiny, wonderful, valuable-to-our-sanity little word,-no? Busy because we’re afraid to be alone? Busy because we need more money to buy more stuff? To be busy and tired most of the time is draining, and leaves people around us depleted too. Of course to be happily busy is an entirely different matter. And all the more power to us when we get up in the morning with a song in our heart because we love what we’re doing, and are bringing good energy to ourselves and our world. This quest of mine-could it be to create a happier, simpler way of life?
“If you want to live life free, take your time go slowly.” – brother sun sister moon
(sing it)
“If the purpose of life is this loveless toil we fill our days with then it’s not for me. There must be something better. There has to be. Man is a spirit; he has a soul, and that, that is what I want to recapture – my soul.” -brother sun sister moon
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