Turning the Big 4-0

They say that when you turn 40, you enter a new stage of life where you begin to see things more thoroughly—or, better put, as they are rather than as you want them to be. Ideology and theory become less of a focus, and the messiness of life becomes more of a comfortable norm.

Maybe it is about being content within the “grey” areas of our lives, where we seem better suited to hold two opposing things together without discounting either.  This has undoubtedly been the case for me as I reflect upon the immense beauty and suffering in my own life.  Both of these are constantly present, but when held together, they bring me a higher purpose and meaning and out of the narrow confines of myself.

Beauty and Suffering…

Opposites but essential

Diverse but alike

Paradox

Beauty and Suffering…

Disrupt perceptions

Disturb projections

Realness

Beauty and Suffering…

Prevent pretending

Chase avoidance

Present

Beauty and Suffering…

Together give meaning

Together give life

Truth