Thursday, October 09, 2008

put aside ambition

my boss and i sat together busting open fortune cookies and laughing. they're such crap, it's hysterical. but this morning, as i'm doing my schoolwork, attempting to accomplish a symphony in the space of a ditty, i read this line

put aside ambition.
i'm not sure it's ambition i'm driven by at the moment, so much as it is, securing a future for me and one other. maybe i'm deluded and i'm not securing anything, but i'm doing my best to give what i can. whatever that may be.

put aside ambition.


the word comes to me now as something heavy and meaningful, i need to receive what is, what is coming with the knowledge that it will be well. i must learn flexibility and strength, those are what my focus must be on. learning to let go of my preconceived notions and becoming flexible to the point that i can stand in the midst of anything.

put aside ambition.


and be humble. that is what that says to me. let life have her way with you, and receive what is coming. i just said that, i guess i really mean it. i have much to do today. much to think about. much ambition to put aside, for i hadn't even realized i was striving. and i guess that is the difference, striving versus thriving. how do i do the one and not the other? i don't know, but it's high time i found out.

put aside ambition.


and so i will. though, it feels more like i'm putting aside my hopes and dreams, i know it is the darker side of ambition, the ruthlessness, the competition that i'm lalying down, and not the forward thrust.

put aside ambition.


put aside ambition.


put aside ambition.

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