This month there was death. And it was difficult to deal with. In the way that any death is.
It was also Ten Years of YLGS. That made me think a lot. How much things have moved on. It’s not about the person who starts it – it’s more about whether the idea keeps going.
On a nicer note – the Deftones new album came out – and it’s excellent. I think the shifting moods and darkness of the album fitted the month. They are in a class of their own.
Notice which words jump out as you read the text below.*
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Nov 01: People really are the same – yet different – everywhere. Nov 02: There’s much less space between us than we realise. Nov 03: We communicate with more than just words. Nov 04: The past can change according to what we are in the present and what we want for the future. Nov 05: History is only the truth from one person. Nov 06: Commit and some part inside grows bigger. Nov 07: The future hasn’t happened yet. Nov 08: Years can pass in the blink of an eye. It all depends where you’re looking from. Nov 09: Practise and lay the foundations for something cool. Nov 10: Being open to what life has to offer is the challenge. Nov 11: Make it scary or simple. It’s a choice. Nov 12: We always have everything we need wherever we are. Nov 13: What happened months and years ago can feel like yesterday. We are part of something much bigger. Nov 14: Dreams enable deeper understanding and insight. Nov 15: Listen. It’ll always help. Nov 16: That voice/ thought/ feeling in my head isn’t always me. Occasionally it’s divine to listen. Nov 17: “God’s” always sending the message. Who’s receiving? Nov 18: Start with ‘I don’t know’ and go from there. Nov 19: Small things done regularly build up into big things. Nov 20: Insecurity comes from an unwillingness to acknowledge how I truly feel. Nov 21: Insecurity is kept alive by me thinking my feelings are the truth. Nov 22: Forgiveness creates room in my own head. Nov 23: Death cannot be avoided. Neither can our reactions to it. Nov 24: Death is not always as final as it sounds. Nov 25: Stuff happens. And then I make it out to be horrible, annoying, frustrating, upsetting etc. Nov 26: Feelings are not permanent. They take practise. Then they become routine like any habit. Nov 27: Denying how I feel keeps that feeling alive. Nov 28: Apparently the universe is just a big photocopying machine for what I really, really really feel about something. Nov 29: Communicating something grants it existence and then disappearance. If I keep talking about it, I keep creating it. Nov 30: Nothing leaves a permanent mark unless you let it. Even chewing gum.
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*All Mine!
James D'Souza 