Mythos & Marginalia

life notes between the lines and along the edges

June 2020

  • What Needs To Be Read

    My night table hosts a stack of possibilities and good intentions; books I’ve been meaning to get around to for quite a while.
    There is neither rhyme nor reason to the stack – fiction or fact, self-care, philosophy or biography – some of the books have been started but somehow, at some point, I stopped and picked something else up. I was lured away by another possibility.
    I keep the books in progress handy, bookmark in place, feeling I’ll get back to it soon. I always feel I need to finish something once I have started, and generally I do; it just may take awhile.
    Many of the books are recommendations from friends, or something I’ve read about somewhere, or a title, author or subject matter that interested me at the time. There are also a couple of ‘fate’ books; those paperbacks from office lunch room, or transit stops or coffee shops that ended up in my possession as if it was predestined.
    I’m not one to mix with fate, so I do get around to them. Eventually.
    Summer is often a good time to catch up on what needs to be read. I think I’ll begin tomorrow.
    What’s on your summer reading list? Do you read different material (subject of style) in the summer than you might other times of the year? Have you been reading more in these pandemic times?
    What’s on your night table?

    06/30/2020                                             j.g.l.

     

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  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    You question why you wear it, but know that you should.
        You never know when you will need it, but you should be sure that you would.
       A bicycle helmet; you may never need it, but you will be glad it was there.
       I took a tumble on my bike yesterday. The details are sketchy, I don’t remember much about how it happened, but it did. It happened so quickly. Accidents often do.
       I was a bloody mess, road rash and cuts, and a gash on the temple that required a trip to the ER. My sunglasses were totaled, and my pride was bruised even more than my elbow, knee or hip.
       My helmet saved me from further damage; I can say that with certainty because the helmet itself was damaged during the fall.
       If the crash had enough force to crack my helmet in two places, how much more damage would it have done to my head had it not been there?
       I hate to even think about it.
       Having had my unfair share of broken bones in various sporting injuries over the years, including a cerebral contusion sustained in a skiing accident decades ago (there are still a few days of my life I have no recollection of), I have always been a proponent of the brain bucket.
       I’ve always said ‘a cyclist who wears a helmet has a good head on their shoulders.”
       Thankful for mine, I still do.
       Never question the value of a helmet.
       I will go out today and buy a new helmet. I think I’ll purchase the same brand and style as I did a year ago, it having already proved its worth.
       Despite the crash, I am looking forward to riding out the remainder of the summer. I’ll probably ride a little slower and with a little more caution and, hopefully, no more injuries.
       There are far better ways to spend a Sunday than sitting in an emergency room.

    06/29/2020                                           j.g.l.

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  • Wonder Awaits

    What will it take to
    believe in your self?
    What will it take to
    believe in others?
    We are all human.
    We all have something
    to do, or something to
    prove; what is stopping
    you?
    What’s holding you back?
    Look within. You need to
    accept your limitations
    (all subject to change),
    but more so, you will need
    to accept your capabilities.
    We can all do more than we
    think we can. Acceptance
    takes understanding of who
    we are and the powers we
    all hold. We are human.
    Try to understand.
    Try. Keep trying.
    Wonder awaits.

    06/28/2020                                               j.g.l.

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  • Never Doubt

    We all carry
    the same courage, yet
    we are not always
         called to use it.
    We question ourselves,
    just as we question others.
         It is only human.
    We are only human.
    We need
    to be reminded to
    never doubt your place,
    your purpose, or
    your power.

    06/27/2020                                             j.g.l.

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  • be still

    even
    if only
    for
    a moment
    stand
    right there
    be still
    be silent
    let the
    world
    go
    around you
    there
    is no need
    to move
    there is
    no need
    to rush
    there is no
    need
    to do
    anything
    just
    be still
    for as long
    as you can
    for
    as long as
    you want
    for as
    long as
    you need
    stand in
    stillness
    when you
    know how
    you
    will
    know
    why

    06/26/2020                                 j.g.l.

     

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