A Time of Change

By Elsa

Hello again,
This is, for me, a time of change. Things are unsettled. I'm trying to find a path that works better for me.
I'm sure that many of you are familiar with times like that.
In a way, I'm going back to what was my way for most of my life - having time to breathe, to think, to spend time with friends. The past decade has been overwhelming - 18-hour days, much of the time. A lot got done. A lot got missed - simple daily pleasures, perhaps most of all. Also, reading.
And now, once again, I'm trying to find my way.
Has this often happened to you? Is this happening now?
"May you live in interesting times." Well, for most of us, these have been and are very interesting times. Not easy, often - but certainly interesting.
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It feels about time to offer a poem - fun words about interesting times - as well as thoughts about my father and myself.

Otherwise ...

Life Isn't Upside Only

Life
isn't
upside only
It's
upside
down

rollercoaster ride
a night on the town
eggs over easy
don't take it hard
rock and roll nights
a house of cards ...

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Do I have any ideas for you, that connect with trying to find a good space for oneself? There's a piece I wrote on the deep interconnections between my father and myself, on our so very often not feeling at home.
You can click here for that exploration. http://ethreemail.com/e3ds/mail_link.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsas-word-story-image-idea-music-emporium.com%2Ffather-and-daughter-stories.html&i=1&d=8XU6U00Z-VY10-4791-Z4YV-8X7X5U1ZW577&e=margeemar@gmail.com

At this time in my life, I'm trying to find a true deep home space.
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I'm also trying to find an intellectual home space. I've taught for over a quarter of a century. A couple of years ago, it no longer felt right. I knew I had to move on, to a bigger arena. Anyway, those were the words inside me. But how?? There was no clear path I could see, the way that a path is laid out from Grade One to Grade Two, or from dentistry school to being a dentist.

I will be doing an internet launch - Elsa's Secrets, things I see in the world around me that most people don't see. Even things that are so taboo that they haven't made it onto Oprah.

Here's the link to Elsa's Secrets. http://ethreemail.com/e3ds/mail_link.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsas-word-story-image-idea-music-emporium.com%2Fsecret-information.html&i=2&d=8XU6U00Z-VY10-4791-Z4YV-8X7X5U1ZW577&e=margeemar@gmail.com

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A question comes to me: how do we make a good home for ourselves, when we and the world around us, in many ways, are not very in sync.
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Another question. I wonder: what can it give you, to be along for this ride? Perhaps company on your own journey. Perhaps ideas here and there. I remember words from a movie I loved, Shadow Lands. Someone is asked: why do you read? His answer: I read to know I'm not alone.
What may it give us, to know we're not alone? I know that, as a child, it changed the world enormously, to know other people had dreams like mine. As an adult as well, it makes the world bigger.
A question I can throw out to you: what does it give you, beig pulled into this world, a world a bit different from yours? I'd love to hear from you.

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And then, for now as always, all the best,

Elsa