in close

i'm trying really hard

to make sense of an understanding

that guides my knowing of this place

for now

it is that the surface details of our existence

are like clues

to the deeper learnings

we come here for

"come here for"

see

i figure we're almost like visitors -

visitors with an investment

by learning what we can about the surface

we begin

to learn about the deeper maps

of our existence

our purpose -

maybe even

our reason for being here

before the next piece of our becoming

says "hey!"

in the way it does

so knowing that

or learning that

or getting inside that

is a big part of the journey

and i hear lots about "the journey"

and i've seen lots of distractions that people know as "the journey"

but i'm here now

knowing

that

a considered and thoughtful

available

approach to this world

leads to riches beyond my imagining

albert joseph moore study of an ash trunk