Strategy and tactics (6)

I'm trying to live a quiet, peaceful life
and stay out of trouble, and all it is, is
one thing after another.
Venus Ram[s]ey, Miss America 1944

(Thanks to technoshaman for the link.)

I hope, I hope, I hope -- but
I still don't know what to hope for.
I just try to look forward. To tomorrow,
or to this evening, or to this afternoon.
Because I find if I don't look forward,
I can't *go* forward.

How do I reconcile that with being in this moment?

Especially if it's a moment I don't want to be in.

This is a great time to take another look
at a person who tends to really annoy you.
He or she has viewpoints that you have
a hard time relating to -- but some of
these opinions deserve your attention.
Your disagreements about important issues
may contain valuable lessons for you.
If you can get past your emotional reactions,
you might even find yourself changing your mind.
This is all part of the process of learning
how to think more objectively.
-Yahoo! horoscope for Leo, May 1, 2007

No, somehow, I don't think I'm going to become her.
I'll stay my savage, secret selves, if you please,
safely inside my soft shell made of ruby and crystal,
the lost girl running in and out of time,
the student with the deep-wrinkled forehead,
the cat with the inconvenient soul.

Look hard and you might see something.
Try hard and you might actually do something.
Or, you can just wait around for decay and death.
Your choice. Not mine. Go on.

But the things that you see
ain't necessarily the things you can find...
Joe Jackson