Reply #3: I've been thinking about this post ever since I read it

[Silver Gaia]

this afternoon. There's something here that resonates with me. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's there.

Ten years ago was definitely a crossroads for me. I'm trying to think back on all that's happened in the intervening years. It's been a journey, there's been a path, but there's also a feeling of something that was maybe just simply in a holding pattern. Moving, but not advancing. Or moving, and thinking of it being in a particular direction, but as it turns out, it wasn't that way at all. A circular path. Or a spiral. A forward momentum that leads back to something that was maybe somehow missed. A fork in the path that should have been taken. But was maybe hidden. And for a reason, yet unfathomable. Perhaps yes, the time wasn't right. It had to wait. But now, there is something pricking gently at my senses telling me to wake up, pay attention, and not miss it this time. And yes, there is a sense of joy bubbling beneath the surface. All around me, the outside world is chattering, telling me that I should be afraid, and sometimes I am, but when I really listen, there is something deeper whispering comfort, too. I don't want to be afraid. I'm tired of being afraid. Something is reaching out that says hold fast to hope. And dreams. Despite all the doom and gloom we are hearing, there is something else, a ripple, a current, something waiting to come into being. A birthing. Something that should have been but wasn't. Yes, a "do-over."

I'm saying I hear you. You've touched on something here. Definitely. I wish I could be more concrete, but it is so abstract to me. Just something hovering. I don't know if I understand what you're saying in the way you are hoping for, but you've lit a flickering flame in the darkness for me. Something to ponder. Something to pay attention to and watch for. So, thank you for this post. :)