synchronicity
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We all have ways of coping when the pressure builds and we need to turn the valve to prevent a nuclear event. So, how do you do it? Exercise, gaming, meditation, sex, etc.?
I was thinking about this, and I remembered something I wrote for that purpose in order to cleanse myself of some built up emotions. Writing is one of the methods I use for my catharting. I write in my journal, I write fiction, poetry, etc. But this was a different case.
A year or so ago, my marriage was reaching its end, and naturally that entails a great deal of emotional weight for all parties involved. In the spirit of letting some of my energy out, I penned this note to my, now, ex-wife. (I didn't deliver it. It was just for me and my release. Although maybe I should have. )
I'll share what I wrote for your amusement:
"If the greatest cosmic intellect, possessing profound knowledge of all things and beings, embarked upon the purpose of examining me with the singular intention of obtaining an exhaustive understanding of what would cause me the greatest pain and suffering, there could have yet been no design constructed to that end with any greater efficiency, precision, finesse and craft than that of yourself. Please take comfort, my dear, in knowing that in my eyes you are truly and most sincerely a measure of perfection.
And if, by some cosmic roll of the dice, we were the last two sentient beings in the entirety of the universe, and we were separated by 10 billion light years, both of us living as primitive beings on our respective planets without any advanced technology which would allow for travel or any means of communication whatsoever, I would still destroy myself in order to prevent the unfathomably remote possibility of ever encountering your presence."
Whew. That was really a relief to write at the time.
Share your stories and/or methods of letting it out.
I was thinking about this, and I remembered something I wrote for that purpose in order to cleanse myself of some built up emotions. Writing is one of the methods I use for my catharting. I write in my journal, I write fiction, poetry, etc. But this was a different case.
A year or so ago, my marriage was reaching its end, and naturally that entails a great deal of emotional weight for all parties involved. In the spirit of letting some of my energy out, I penned this note to my, now, ex-wife. (I didn't deliver it. It was just for me and my release. Although maybe I should have. )
I'll share what I wrote for your amusement:
"If the greatest cosmic intellect, possessing profound knowledge of all things and beings, embarked upon the purpose of examining me with the singular intention of obtaining an exhaustive understanding of what would cause me the greatest pain and suffering, there could have yet been no design constructed to that end with any greater efficiency, precision, finesse and craft than that of yourself. Please take comfort, my dear, in knowing that in my eyes you are truly and most sincerely a measure of perfection.
And if, by some cosmic roll of the dice, we were the last two sentient beings in the entirety of the universe, and we were separated by 10 billion light years, both of us living as primitive beings on our respective planets without any advanced technology which would allow for travel or any means of communication whatsoever, I would still destroy myself in order to prevent the unfathomably remote possibility of ever encountering your presence."
Whew. That was really a relief to write at the time.
Share your stories and/or methods of letting it out.