This post is part of a series. See “Intermittent” for details.
Sunday, 26 October
Tom gets to know the newest appliance. He is the engineer exploring the possibilities. He is curious and intent, focused, one hand on his hip, the other hand holding the remote. He is the breadwinner examining the recent purchase, a fruit of his labor – the slim silver box, an electronic rectangle of non-necessity, symbol of leisure and hence privilege. How many hours went into assembly? Each chip and wire? Each screw and button? How many workers coordinated in the manufacturing, packaging, shipping? What is the quotient between his wage and theirs?
Monday, 27 October
Imposing vs. Being. “Being” is within one’s own “sphere” – day-to-day life, individual choices, what one puts into one’s own body and mind and soul. “Imposing” is taking one’s ways and putting them “on” another. Good intentions do not make a wrong right. It’s not simply “being right”. It’s really about timing – when I will hear as I listen to whatever I’m “called” to do.
Tuesday, 28 October
Expectation – root of disappointment – catalyst of paralysis – wearisome imposition – difficult addiction.
Post updated: 28 January 2009.
Expectation by Melissa Dey Hasbrook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
