Thursday's Thoughts

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Mao Tse-TungChinese stateman, the key figure in China in the 20th century, 1893-1976

This morning I wandered the net looking for frogs. Not metaphorical frogs, but graphic frogs to do my morning news from Myriam.

And like all little adventures I find inspiration and thoughts that provoke my muse and wake her up. She likes to sleep at times in the deep waters of my unconscious and it can take quite a few ripples on the top of the pond to catch her attention. This morning however she awoke with a jolt and a realization. Can you imagine it. Muse had a frog lit epiphany.

I had been looking for frogs to honor the be-toed of a good friend of mine. A be-toed is like being betrothed or hand-fasted with another but it is a smaller commitment. When one is be-toed it is like dipping a little toe into the pond rather than diving into the deep depths of a relationship. Sort of like how the journey of a million miles starts with lifting up the pinkie and pointing it to one's destination. It gives a glimpse at where one might dare to go.

And thus that little pinkie dipping into my sea of memories awoke my muse and she realized some important issues.

She could look at the past and ask why or she could look at the past and smile at all the dichotomies that had been solved, all the mysteries that had been explored, all the mountains and molehills climbed and then put them down a well and move on to gaze at the sky.

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