more thoughts

In Stubborn Light, we read "The Little Soul and The Sun" to the students at North Winneshiek Community School. This story really resonated with me because of recent events and thoughts. the kinds of thoughts i wander upon regularly. I wanted to share part of this with you.

"Well, there is nothing else but the Light. You see, I created nothing but what you are; and so, there is no easy way for you to experience yourself as Who You Are, since there is nothing that you are not"
"Huh?" said the Little Soul, who was now a little confused.
"Think of it this way, You are like a candle in the Sun. Oh, you're there all right. Along with a million, ka-gillion other candles who make up the Sun. And the sun would not be the Sun without you. Nay, it would be a sun without one of its candles...and that would not be the Sun at all; for it would not shine as brightly. Yet, how to know yourself as the Light when you are amidst the Light-that is the question"


I've been so infatuated with this idea of flight. I have always loved airplanes, the sky, airports, clouds, all of it. Thought about getting my pilots license for a while - but that is too literal of a translation of the concept of flight for me. I don't even know what I mean by it completely - I just know I want to fly. On this earth - on the ground. I want to fly. I want to be beyond all walking and fly, like the poet by Rainer Maria Rilke writes in "Going Blind".

And of course, StoryPeople has something for me too. When do they NOT have something that fits for the occasion?

For a long time, she flew only when she thought no one else was watching. - StoryPeople

these thoughts, kelly clarkson, and chips and salsa are all that are on my mind. ha
well, that and that i have a lesson with my 4 yr old in a little bit.
and i'm finally applying to the teacher education program today! wahoooo!