I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Month: May 2023
Really, what is the future?
Tomorrow seems close enough, while next month or next year is days and
months away. Years surpass my time on this planet, as if that makes a
difference.
I am such a small speck in the big picture.
I am what I believe myself to be.
I am not insignificant.
I am my own future, or; I am for a time.
It is what I do today that will determine the future for many days to
come…or hours,
‘As far as we know it, today only happens once’: words on a sign I recently read. These words are as inspiring today as they were at the time, as meaningful today as they were last week, and as purposeful as they may well be in the unknown future.
I did not realize that the future was as close as it was, but it is.
It is now…ooops; it has already passed. That is what time does, whether in the present — in the now — or it was yesterday or last week. Time passes.
Now was, at one time, the future.
And, then there is today.
It only happens once.
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Posted on May 3, 2023 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
What will you do, what should you do, when nothing
has been prepared for you as it was supposed to be? No
organization, little thought, and even less hope. Aren’t
we all to rely on what is expected of us? Nothing is
predetermined or planned, no consideration; even less
than the intrusion. What can we know? What will you
remember? What can you do when nothing is ready
for you? Questions always; the answers not inspiring.
Forgive yourself for all those promises you didn’t keep, for the phone calls unreturned or unanswered, the emails ignored, and the pain you didn’t even try to mop up.
Some days you don’t have the strength, sometimes you don’t have the time, and in other ways you weren’t of sound mind.
It is all forgivable.
Don’t dwell on it; your true friends will understand, and all those other people have troubles and turmoil of their own that you might not even be able to comprehend.
Understanding is not always easy.
Some days you can only do what you can do.
05/02/2023 j.g.l.
