“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”
As much as my mentality has been described as "ancient," and as much as many of my qualities are "typically Capricorn," I tend to be ruled by passion/hope, often to my detriment. I found this quote tucked away in some writing recently. It meant something to me years ago, and seems particularly apt now. Thanks, Jack. Lately, reminding myself this has helped me not fall apart and put things into perspective. I have, in very visible ways, been guided by my passions. I do not regret them...I so rarely lose myself that I welcome those moments of passionate escape. I do wish that I had more control over my heart but, I am not wired that way. In the business of life, relationships, breaking up, it is difficult to avoid being consumed by regret; for me, this is always of product of feeling like my voice is being ignored. Yet, no regret over how I feel, felt. I would do it again.
About Me
- things.
- "She lay quietly for a minute looking reverently at her notebook and then opened it. She had had an unreasonable fear that it would be empty, but there was her handwriting, reassuring if not beautiful. She grabbed up the pen and felt the mercy of her thoughts coming quickly, zooming through her head out the pen onto the paper. What a relief, she thought to herself; for a moment I thought I had dried up. She wrote a lot about what she felt, relishing the joy of her fingers gliding across the page, the sheer relief of communication. After a while she sat back and began to think hard. Then she wrote again: Something is definitely happening to me. I am changing. I don't feel like me at all."
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