SleepingOrchid

Aspiration = THE FUTURE “Bucket List”

Effort is the quintessence of Aspiration. Success is a different matter entirely. The struggle to achieve absorbs our attention; rest only offers us the opportunity to dream yet another Aspiration. Contemplate the construction of our bodies; the muscle mass and muscle fiber, the growing bone and sinew that power the temples of our quotidian existence. Resting regenerates, but exercise makes them strong. So, aspire we must, nor can we ever stop aspiring. When we rest to plan a new assault, we should concern ourselves less with whether our goals are reachable and more with whether they are worthy.

As we construct a disciplined path to create & curate our Other, we cultivate the perfect combination of both Present & Future living. We honor the beauty of our coming Soulmate by taking care of ourselves now. The worst thing that could happen would be if our Soulmate couldn’t recognize us because we dimmed our light in a bloat of self-indulgence. So even though we know loneliness, we feel at peace, because the future promises us glorious togetherness. Our Aspiration card says so!

Epithalamium

The heat that rises
From our marriage bed
Powers up our house
Cradles
Varicolored jars of
Seasoned fruit,
Museums
Of ripeness
Captured at their peak – just
As we are –
Citified now –
Reveling in
Ownership
Mortgaging
The future.