Pursuing Beauty

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein

Another wonderful thought to come across my desk today, just when I needed it. It is a wonderful thing to be reminded that we can remain in a childlike state as we look for the beauty and truth in our lives. As soon as we forget about those two states of being, things become confused and we stumble and lose our way.

Childlike doesn't mean naive or simple. It means without guile or pretense. Who needs to be other than who they really are? As soon as we put on the mantle of 'otherness' on, it is a mask, so we may hide who we truly are from the world, and soon we are caught up in the whole dance of deception and the movement away from the concept of truth and beauty.

So to stop and learn to slow down. Take off the masks and remove the veneers of adulthood and relearn the pace of childhood. Relearn the appreciation of beauty, of movement and the intricacy and simplicity of truth. In this, we find that which makes us absolutely human.

I think I'm learning how to breathe again.

Love
Kennedy.