Time to Grapple with That Big Idea?

Week 30

Time to Grapple with That Big Idea?

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            1.   Have you ever muttered, “My head hurts,” but it’s not a

                  real headache?

            2.   I have, when I’ve been hard at work in thought and it

                  doesn’t seem to go anywhere.

            3.   So it’s a feeling of pleasure, not pain, when the tumblers

                  fall into place and we sense we’ve made progress.

            4.   Then might come another downdraft when we doubt our

                  conclusion, that pain again, though of another sort.

            5.   That’s the mud-encased seepage toward clarity, and if

                  we push through the softening, hints of light appear.

            6.   Delivery then becomes a possibility, yet to be tested,

                  even, perhaps, another mile to go.

            7.   Convenience, the siren, has been dismissed; as

                  simplicity—always the best solution—has been hard-won.

Editor

How does the

energy work

that goes into

contemplation?

Just to say

I’m going to

think about

something,

to ponder it,

what lifts that up?

We choose to think,

don’t we?

Thunderbolts come,

other thoughts

and sentiments

waft in

and we step out

on our mind’s feet.

There’s a stern

editor at work

somehow

and a feeling

that animates,

but what if

the editor’s

got it wrong?

To feel that . . .

that’s the energy

to bid welcome,

the thrust to

know at some

distance.

© 2012 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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