As I was walking home from work on this dark and rainy evening, it occurred to me that I am changing. The change is so gradual as to be unnoticeable at close range, but of late I've noticed some odd things about myself. Seeing walnuts lying under trees with their hard outer green husks being gradually softened by the weather prompted this line of thought.
Like them, I carry on, assuming that I will continue on as I am. Ok, I can't really say that walnuts assume anything. However, I think I can say that they are passive in this process, being acted upon, rather than proactively changing, which is not the point I was making at all. I may be taking this analogy thing too far. The point now being lost, here's my point.
I am not who I was just a short time ago. I am more distilled, less covers the distance between my inner self and the outer world. This shows up in various ways. I am more accepting of some things, yet more hostile and unbending as to others. In both cases, I feel I am closer to the truth of who I am. Hence the walnut husk comparison.
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