Into the Wild Reassessment
On November 9, 2014, I published a post called "Into the Wild" that described my metaphorical attachment to the perpetual motion and consistency of a river. Although consistency remains a top value in my life, there are certain statements in this post I would now dispute or readdress. "Such is the ultimate from my perspective," I wrote, "stillness not in a pause to appreciate the present, but traveling ripples that are grounded without thought in the now." Today, I agree that a pause for appreciation is unrealistic and not ideal. Motion continues to entrance me; I connect with movement in both its physical and figurative manifestations. Nonetheless, appreciating the present does not indicate a vacuum of thought. Instead, thoughts and emotions are inevitable. The self controls neither feelings nor the words that motivate, discourage, compel, trample, and run through one's head. Today, I continue through my actions to model the movement of a riv...