Something in the Way - 1. Something in the Way

9 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

Thank you for sharing this excellent poem. It has me thinking, and relating to it. There is indeed an obstacle to so many things one might do for one who is beloved, but currently out of sight. 

You’re welcome. Yes, it can fit so many different situations in life.

8 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Wonderful poem. Maybe something good will happen sooner or later.

Or has @Lee Wilson got a twisted imagination.

Like we said as kids, that's for me to know, and you to find out. Hehe.

Well a great way to reflect. I think we become our own obstacles. Self doubt, chasing the financial dream of future freedom, and missing the love opportunities that present themselves, at what seem like impossible times.

But with different choices, who knows...

4 minutes ago, Doha said:

Well a great way to reflect. I think we become our own obstacles. Self doubt, chasing the financial dream of future freedom, and missing the love opportunities that present themselves, at what seem like impossible times.

But with different choices, who knows...

No arguments here.

On 10/8/2024 at 10:53 PM, Lee Wilson said:

But the question remains, is this something real, or a figment if my twisted imagination?

A mystifying poem @Lee Wilson, and one that mirrors my own conundrum (and one many of us face throughout our lives),  and often we hear this suggestion from well intentioned others (from William Shakespeare's Hamlet):

"To thy own self be true"

But what does that mean?

Some say it means that one should be true to their principles and who they are. That they should not strive to please other people by changing what they believe in or acting in any way that is outside what they really want to do.

Is it really that simple, or are "we" just overthinking it?

21 minutes ago, Anton_Cloche said:

A mystifying poem @Lee Wilson, and one that mirrors my own conundrum (and one many of us face throughout our lives),  and often we hear this suggestion from well intentioned others (from William Shakespeare's Hamlet):

"To thy own self be true"

But what does that mean?

Some say it means that one should be true to their principles and who they are. That they should not strive to please other people by changing what they believe in or acting in any way that is outside what they really want to do.

Is it really that simple, or are "we" just overthinking it?

         

Sometime our principles contribute to that something. Like I wouldn't kill someone to get around that obstacle.