Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Fool

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After the past couple of rather hectic weeks, I find myself exhausted and a bit disappointed with myself.  I suppose I saw too late that main fault within myself.  Though I have confidence, intelligence, and some general sway with people...when I moved out I realized that glaringly obvious "elephant in the room".  I don't do things for myself.  I don't feel it important to do so. ...that is, it is lower on my list of priorities than others for the most part.


At least, not for the most part.  I admit that I am working on it, but that beast called lethargy has definitely found it's way inside my mind like a drug, and it's difficult to purge myself of because of its strange bliss-less allure.


Because of that I have felt myself...stumbling through life, blindly, but sometimes with an incredulous smile on my face at the rollercoaster I have strapped myself onto.


I feel I am The Fool.  Wide-eyed and childlike in the face of reality, with a sense of wonder and imaginative curiosity I seldom see reflected in the minds and hearts of others my age.  And yet,  because of that wonder at this fantastic reality...it seems sometimes that I've gotten stuck in a rosy, picturesque version of this world.


And because of that, sometimes, I don't see the serpent hiding in the apple tree.
What I need, what I want, what I fear to do.  Becomes irrelevant as I am lulled to this sleepwalker state, oblivious of how selfishly selfless I've managed to become.




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