Beautifully written. The part about losing the "maybes" filling life to brim and bursting really captures something essential about how commitment or arrival creates space by culling possibility. I've experienced that vaccum you describe and its unsettling precisely because we're so conditioned to equate fullness with options rather than depth. The line about welcoming the vessel into shore while accepting the shattering that comes with it feels like the core insight here, that receiving what we've longed for still requires a kind of letting go that most people dont anticipate.
This made me say “wow” at least three times.. when one is no longer the seeker, but finally arrives it’s such a bittersweet recognition of all the lives that had to die on the way… to finally get “there” .. which is really just devotion to oneself.. in all the mundane and “ah ha” that it brings .. you write so beautifully ! What a unique read
Beautifully written. The part about losing the "maybes" filling life to brim and bursting really captures something essential about how commitment or arrival creates space by culling possibility. I've experienced that vaccum you describe and its unsettling precisely because we're so conditioned to equate fullness with options rather than depth. The line about welcoming the vessel into shore while accepting the shattering that comes with it feels like the core insight here, that receiving what we've longed for still requires a kind of letting go that most people dont anticipate.
Exactly!! I'm glad it landed with you so precisely. I completely relate with how you've mirrored the piece. Thanks for reading!
This made me say “wow” at least three times.. when one is no longer the seeker, but finally arrives it’s such a bittersweet recognition of all the lives that had to die on the way… to finally get “there” .. which is really just devotion to oneself.. in all the mundane and “ah ha” that it brings .. you write so beautifully ! What a unique read