July 30, 2015
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The Road to 65, Mile 241: Unbound
July 27, 2015, Prescott- As I sat in my living room recliner, this morning, my upstairs neighbour assumed his usual stance, midway up the stairs, and stared at me through the window, for a few minutes, then went on his way, when I nodded at him, with a slight smile.
A bit later, I checked e-mail and found a rather officious note from a friend in another community, instructing me as to how I was to do a certain task, with which he is loosely involved. I also noticed some people getting on another friend’s case, for the way she was dealing with a recent loss.
One of the odd things about being in a relatively unstratified society is that many of us create our own stratification, with ourselves atop the fray. I am uncomfortable, any more, with coming across as a Know-It-All, or as some sort of ad hoc authority figure sitting on an imaginary Ivory Throne. There have been times when I was inclined to stick my nose in others’ business, and none of those has ever ended well. Likewise, I am very much disinclined to accept adjudication from anyone other than the police, the administration of the Baha’i Faith, my landlord or a legitimate supervisor on a job in which I’m engaged.
Years ago, we left South Korea, rather than submit to the supervision of a self-styled “CIA agent”, who turned out to have no ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which was not at all pleased with his ruse. He had cultivated friends in high places in the Korean hierarchy, though, which made things rather uncomfortable for us. I have had run-ins, a few times since then, with self-appointed authority figures.
Our son has described Penny and me as “free spirits”, and to some extent, I still am, even with her being in the Spirit Realm. I don’t have much, other than my own well-being, with which to tend, though a situation is looming in the background, later this year and into next, which could be a game-changer. I will have more to say about that, as time goes on. For the present, though, I feel unbound, free to accept any task or opportunity that comes my way, so long as it is not impoverishing or leads me to become a burden to others.
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Amen. Too often we find a host of "little Hitlers" more than anxious to dictate how we are to behave, work, or live. It takes self awareness and clear vision to avoid falling under their authority...
Those, and an innate stubbornness.
I like what you wrote in the last paragraph. I hope that this potential "game changer" of which you mention is a positive thing for you, rather than a negative situation, and no matter what the outcome, that you remain true to yourself and your beliefs, and with Penny's guidance, you forge ahead to accomplish things both great and small, in your life and for others.
@Crystalinne: The thing to which I allude would be a preventative measure, to protect someone very dear to me. It's still not certain, whether this will happen or not, but, yes, I feel Penny will steer me in the right way.
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