How we choose to approach the question will always be more important than the answer.
I’ll always trust a winking owl.
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What aspect of life will always be a mystery?
For me, the practice of pessimism has never made any sense.
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c.b.w. 2012
Project Spirit Journal: Life
Love this, C.B.!! The owl winking, as if he is wise enough to know the answer, but insists on each of us discovering it for ourselves. Sometimes we get caught up in the problems, instead of remembering the mystery, expecting miracles and synchronicities, and enjoying the ride. Here’s hoping we don’t keep forgetting!
Ah, the spirit of optimism.
seeing life as a mystery to be explored turns the journey into one of revelation and wonderment. When we see it as a problem to be solved, we go round and round in circles, inside our head, and cause sickness of the soul within ourselves.
It’s so true. When we see a problem we are intent on solving the problem. In reality, they mystery is just as satisfying if not more so than finding the “right” answer.
Life would be boring if we knew it all. That’s why people who think they know everything are quite dull.
So true!
Love the winking owl. Like he’s in on the secret!
And he’s inviting you to join him.
Some people seem to be motivated by the dark demons….look beyond the pessimism and what are they accomplishing? That’s my question and a different perspective on the subject.
I know a lot of pessimists and it always befuddles me at to why they purposely choose to be so miserable.
I think a fair amount of them may be dysthymic rather than pessimistic, in which case it’s a condition not an attitude. ‘Purposely’ doesn’t come into it in that context.
Be prepared for the worst, hope for the best, and expect absolutely anything!
Sounds like my day as a teacher.
Love the owls. I really have to work at being positive. I didn’t used to be that way but I’m am working on it.
Just remember the sun comes out every day, even when you can’t see it.
Jealousy, never got it, never will. Enjoy what you have and be happy for others.
Jim
You know, I don’t get jealousy either! It never does any good.
Owls have always held a special place in my heart, so I find this page absolutely charming. As for the sentiment, it makes perfect sense to me – and I can’t understand pessimism either. Why dwell on the worst that can happen when you can anticipate good things in your future?
Being the crafter you are, I think you’d love to know the paper I used for this page was gift wrap paper.
I’ve often used wrapping paper as the background for cards, as well as wallpaper samples. So, is the gift wrap paper the purple patterned background, or the owls or both? The purple paper actually looks like a ribbed material such as corduroy.
The owls are the wrapping paper. The rest comes from a tablet of scrapbook paper.
I kind of thought so. It is very cute paper. I have quite a collection of owly things, myself: two wood carvings, a stuffed owl in a wreath in autumn colours, an owl punch for cards, an owl stamp and an embossing plate with an owl. In addition to all that, one of the characters in my book is called Owl and for my book launch I found a life-sized puppet of a snowy owl that I popped up during the graveyard scene when Michelle heard the owl. YOu might think I”m rather obsessed with them – and you’d be right!
Love the owl and key!
Where would we be without mystery? Life is like a puzzle, if all the pieces fit together we’d lose interest in the journey.
So true!
Just perfect for me to read today! And I like your page very much. The owls made me giggle, and I needed to giggle today!
I love those owls! I still have a little scrap of that paper.