...and it becomes a whirlwind
there were times in my life, times that became a maelstrom of events. when things were so chaotic, so out of control that i was forced to either become the earth-solid monolith in the eye of the storm, or get pulled into the terrifying circumstance.
you could give this phenomenon a name; you could call it uranus. you could call it chaos. you could call it an act of the random. my personal terminology for this is the whirlwind.
life moves, time marches, mostly in an orderly procession, a nice chain of events. if you're observant enough, there are times when it becomes predictable.
when the whirlwind came, there were no harbingers, there was no foreshadowing. it happened like a car wreck. like a heart attack in a deep sleep. it happened with the quantum quality unfairly reserved for subatomic particles.
i wouldn't call it a distinct misfortune or opportunity - it just is. it becomes what i make of it when the winds have died down, the debris falls and the dust settles. it becomes a lesson if i consciously choose to learn from it. it becomes a tragedy if that's what i want.
i've had the whirlwind dervish dance through my life several times, and all but once was i in the eye. maybe during those times, i was the eye. the cold, calm eye of the whirwind.
"And you may ask yourself - Well...How did I get here?"
-the talking heads, once in a lifetime. |
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i get that too...only i get harbingers that i don't pay attention too, gut feelings that i dismiss, that sort of thing. still haven't learned to pay more attention...
whoosh, this is close to home for me.
i just take some sea-sickness pills and try to ride it out!
...damn, well put!
I love that song btw
i ask myself that almost every day
Heheh that whirlwind usually hits me five minutes after I've complained that my life is boring. That last happened about ten months ago and still it's raging on. One of these days I'll learn
I love that Talking Heads song
Hope you had a nice workout! 
yeah I like to play in the whirlpool
thats craaaaaazy...but really true
Umm asking myself questions .. would mean I would have to answer and I am best at avoiding such things
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In my private familial spere, I'm almost always at the "eye." I have to observe the "whirlwind" in a rather detached manner, lest I get pulled into the dizziness. Someone has to keep calm!
Maybe. Just maybe. Nice site here.
Yes, he DOES have a white spot on his chest!! Just like yours.
And he has one on his tummy, too.
I'm diggin the new look of your site. -SHelbbbbbbbbby
You get caught up in a wind storm.
zen-like.
was?
once?
what has changed for you to be transported to a non-whirlwind zone?
i think i'm in a whirlwind right now!!!*lol* but i'm nowhere near the center!
Malevolence is hasty and holds no regard in the chaos it creates... but in spite of that, i think Id prefer its cyclone to the dead calm. While calm is grounding and safe, its awfully boring at times.
I've been there, too. Right in the eye.
Gladly, I'm not experiencing that feeling today.
Today, I'm as light as air!
I remember that song.....and thanks for your comment on my site. Is that a bass you're playing in the pic?
I have to marry monkey boy?!
But...
What if I think monkey boy smells like monkey poo?
well written. i'm always in some sort of drama...
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