One simple question...

Turtle · 03-31-2013, 02:15 PM

I forget exactly how this came to be the center for me, I believe I saw it in some small group session papers, but I became focused on it and thought, well, that one question could be the center of my work with myself and others...

...and it probably initiated the end of the relationship I was in at the time because after much talk about this one night she said, "I want to live alone." And tough as it was at the time, it is good.

And I brought it here because I was visiting with someone near the end of her life and I asked her, "What do you want?" She stopped talking and gave the question due thought...and I waited...and she said, "I want my children to be happy. It took one of them several starts, but he is finally happy. That's all I want." She died several days later and I'd like to believe she was satisfied.

I brought it here because I believe in conscious living. And I'd like to think that if we can be thoughtful and conscious about what we are doing, we can have fulfilling lives in the here and now, while we still have a chance to do something about it and our attitudes about all of it - if need be.

What do I want? I want it all to matter...and to have fun whilst being.

Blessed Be.

NorCalStud · 03-31-2013, 03:18 PM

More than tangibles....more than true love.....more than security.....more than anything.....I want to be okay... meaning to be at peace...which I believe comes thru acceptance to a degree...I want to be okay with how things are in the universe...on my planet....my continent....my state, town, family, and in my heart.

Peace is not a destination. Life is not linear. I have to take the bad with the good and be okay with it. Working on things is good...feed people..food first. Not accepting and being at peace with imbalance doesnt mean we arent always in motion to make all better. It means I wont struggle against evil or good. No more struggle. No more loss of power. I need to be okay with our pace in resolution whether it is on this site or out in the big world. It is okay.

When we are on our deathbeds we see the circle. None of the anger and mistrust ever mattered. None of anything will matter there. I want to live in the circle now.

Before the fall, the summer
Before the summer, spring
Before the spring, the wintertime
Before the winter, sing

Salud

03-31-2013, 02:15 PM	#1
Turtle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A mixity Preferred Pronoun?: whatever Relationship Status: chillin Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in a really really cute little place Posts: 2,144 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,442 Thanked 4,529 Times in 1,220 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Ahhhh, a year later... I forget exactly how this came to be the center for me, I believe I saw it in some small group session papers, but I became focused on it and thought, well, that one question could be the center of my work with myself and others... ...and it probably initiated the end of the relationship I was in at the time because after much talk about this one night she said, "I want to live alone." And tough as it was at the time, it is good. And I brought it here because I was visiting with someone near the end of her life and I asked her, "What do you want?" She stopped talking and gave the question due thought...and I waited...and she said, "I want my children to be happy. It took one of them several starts, but he is finally happy. That's all I want." She died several days later and I'd like to believe she was satisfied. I brought it here because I believe in conscious living. And I'd like to think that if we can be thoughtful and conscious about what we are doing, we can have fulfilling lives in the here and now, while we still have a chance to do something about it and our attitudes about all of it - if need be. What do I want? I want it all to matter...and to have fun whilst being. Blessed Be.

03-31-2013, 03:18 PM	#2
NorCalStud Member How Do You Identify?: gaea's Daddy and Fiance Preferred Pronoun?: Ours Relationship Status: Engaged with gaea:-) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Island Mountain Posts: 440 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 1,465 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 18918588	what I want More than tangibles....more than true love.....more than security.....more than anything.....I want to be okay... meaning to be at peace...which I believe comes thru acceptance to a degree...I want to be okay with how things are in the universe...on my planet....my continent....my state, town, family, and in my heart. Peace is not a destination. Life is not linear. I have to take the bad with the good and be okay with it. Working on things is good...feed people..food first. Not accepting and being at peace with imbalance doesnt mean we arent always in motion to make all better. It means I wont struggle against evil or good. No more struggle. No more loss of power. I need to be okay with our pace in resolution whether it is on this site or out in the big world. It is okay. When we are on our deathbeds we see the circle. None of the anger and mistrust ever mattered. None of anything will matter there. I want to live in the circle now. Before the fall, the summer Before the summer, spring Before the spring, the wintertime Before the winter, sing Salud __________________ "Love the questions" ...Rainier Marie Rilke...Letters to a young poet Che