Love is the realization that another person exists even when they are not in your presence. We are this: inevitable. Parallel lines meet and merge and curve. Infinitely.
We shall bury the notion - maybe we already have – that you are a single line or that your life is a lone trajectory. One storied arc.
I am many messy storylines, all at once.
We are parallel lines. We intersect. We are points. We are communities of dots and dot coms. We are circles. We are stars. We are constellations. Shine.
I am many messy storylines, all at once.
Breathtaking, Kelly. True, true, true. I am a sister of your heart, I think: the same is true of me.
Thank you!
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Kelly Diels
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on February 8th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
@Lindsey, yes, you are a heartsister. Undoubtedly. Thanks for always having something lovely to say, and saying it.
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Visual and touching. You continue to reveal the secret of our universe. Thank you.
Hugs and butterflies,
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Hey sweetie pie,
Is it possible to love more than one line at the same time?
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Positive Mitch
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on February 8th, 2010 at 10:45 am
@Gordie, that’s what true love is – when you do love more than one. It isn’t limiting. It isn’t restrictive. It embraces this “many-ness” of things. My love for somebody/something special to me is enriched by the fact that I love and receive love from others.
Life, like everything else, is not just one immutable thing. Everything has a dialectical character to it. What is right now was not right before and will be wrong in the future.
Living life as if it were one line would be like driving a car without moving the steering wheel. Sometimes, you will drive south and love the line leading you to the warmer weather. Sometimes you will drive east and delight in seeing somebody who lives east of you, and you will love that line.
By nature, we learn to love everything for what it gives us. Love water because it quenches your thirst. Love fire because it cooks your food and keeps you warm. It’s good to love a lot.
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Kelly Diels
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@Gordie, YES!!! I love my kids, myself, my family, my friends, my ass, my dead dog, etc etc. My cup runneth over.
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I am one gigantic behemoth of a storyline that ends with the destruction of the world itself!!!!!
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Kelly Diels
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on February 8th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
@Josh Hanagarne, I do believe this is true. No go hang back to your underground bunker to write book reviews of imaginary novels. xo.
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This post is very dialectical… an outlook that spurs creativity, helps with adaptation to change, and fights absolutes and dogmas so that you can always reset and refocus when you need to. I intend to write a series soon about the dialectical mindset, because it’s so important to remember… This post is beautifully written, and bursting with that kind of flavor. And I love how much it says in such a short space, too!
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Kelly Diels
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on February 8th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
@Positive Mitch, thank you, Mitch. I’m so glad that I can help trigger another piece…that’s high praise indeed.
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I’m not really sure what this post means, but I’ve read it 3 times, and it made me feel good each time.
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Kelly Diels
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on February 8th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
@Deacon, thank you, Sean. That means a lot to me.
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Sean
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on February 9th, 2010 at 9:13 am
@Kelly Diels, there seems to be a lot of that going around lately
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Excellent post. There is nothing I can add at this point!
Thank You for sharing it!
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Kelly Diels
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on February 8th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
@Justin Matthews, hey, that’s what I do! Thanks for joining the party.
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Cleavage and connection are dual. Like two sides to the same coin.
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