Lent in May, going blind and beaded pigs

I have not written a blog post in FOREVER! Thought it was about time for  me to get my A into G and do so. So herewith a few random rants about my so called life at the moment.

Lets start with Lent in May, I recently have undergone some changes in my personal life, that sounds suspect like I recently underwent a sex change, which is not the case, lets just call it relationship re-evaluation and in doing so this process involves the “fasting” of a certain someone. Why is it the minute you are not allowed something it makes you want it all that much more. Love is a complicated beast, beautiful and at times so painful. One of my favourite poets Khalil Gibran says it best, ” But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” Another very well known one, “If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.” So at the moment I am working on achieving the perfect balance when it comes to matters of the heart - no easy feat - letting people go hurts.

On that note… in other news… I recently watched the movie Blindness an adaptation of the novel by the Nobel laureate Jose Saramango, in which human civilization is threatened by a sudden and virulent outbreak of metaphor, as people go about their daily lives they start losing their sight. To say its not a feel-good movie is a complete understatement with very graphic and disturbing scenes par for the course. What I can say is that Blindness was a true reality check of our ability as humans to regress to very primal animal-like behaviour and how we naturally arrange ourselves into hierarchies. Another lesson was to appreciate the so called “simple” things in life, water, food, being able to see a blue sky, the smile of another - we take so much for granted and Blindness was a true reality check, even if only for that evening.

Lastly a friend of mine was telling me about this beaded pig (the type that they sell along many main roads) he has. He spoke of it so fondly, with such affection and while most would think him a little odd it got me thinking that as humans we have this innate need to connect with something, someone, just as Tom Hanks did in Cast Away with “Wilson” his ball. I suggested he gets a pet, a real live one which he laughed at, but bottom line we all need to love and be loved I think its part of our genetic makeup. So I’ll leave you with this - reach out to someone today in love and its quite likely you will find love being returned.