"Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge."
-Winston Churchill, English statesman
I came across this quote today as I was trying to get my head around some thoughts that have been plaguing me. Then came the "Aha" moment. Yup. Winnie was quite right. If there weren't moments of absolute mess and muck, of stress and angst in my life I wouldn't have the times of complete serenity and contemplation.
Now, I don't recommend the horrors of madness and mayhem of my life in the past several years in order to find some semblance of peace and enjoyment in the here and now. Nor would I trade one moment of the clarity and happiness I've eked out in there here and now for anything you could offer me. Simple is good. Peace is good. Being happy writing, drawing, listening to music is good. Being with loved ones is superb. Understanding and appreciating sometimes that bad stuff happens despite all our best intentions and learning to live through it with grace, well, that is what life if about.
That is the rub.
It is what life is about. Not giving in. Not giving up. Waiting for the complex intensity to pass and knowing the reward is the beauty of the intense simplicity.
Yup, Winnie was one smart dude indeed.
Love
Kennedy.
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