‽istis reclaims ‘now’
and ‘here’ (weekending July 3rd 2021)
This week, and for reasons that at the
moment seem elusive, ‽istis is pondering ‘now’ and ‘here’ – the intention and
meaning of a moment in time and space… Perhaps utterly transient, possibly utterly
situated but maybe the micro building blocks – the moment and place where the ingredients
of histories within ‘history’ are mixed and the foundations for futures within the
‘future’ are laid?
What might be the impact of thinking,
feeling and acting that:
‽ time may be slowed or stilled in to now, and now, and nows…?
‽ place may be stationary to here, and here, and heres…?
‽ process may be a series of events…?
‽ the way
to tackle anything (including perhaps the eating of an elephant[i]) may be indeed one bite at a time?
‽ recalled
and recorded memory and anticipation may be the only other, thens and theres?
‽ antecedents
and consequences may be beyond our control?
Imagine, if you will, what might be
different – here, now and in the future? For just perhaps, possibly, maybe it
is in these everybody’s moments and everybody’s places alone that the outcome
of the game, the future of a relationship, the completion of a task, the
preservation of a planet, the building of the future can be done…‽
©
Pistis
NB: further reflections and comments linked to
this week’s theme and past blog
entries to be found on Twitter: replies, retweets (which don’t necessarily
indicate approval, sometimes the very opposite!) and ‘likes’: @Pistis_wonders
[i] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindfully-present-fully-alive/201804/the-only-way-eat-elephant
With thanks, it appears, to Desmond Tutu
