Since being in the house more throughout the pandemic to date you may, like myself, have found yourself watching more television, and becoming heartily sick of the ads.Recently I have become interested in the ad confused .com largely because I feel there is much confusion of heart, mind, and spirit at the moment.It seems to me that this confusion is related to a massive change in worldview and activities.
The idea of .com has fascinated me due to the notion of how words take on different meanings in different times , situations, and organisations. Whilst being far from expert in internet jargin I can see the parallels with domain names like .com, and having my domain,or place and owning and protecting it, its butt out this is my space, or my responsibility. Knowing your domain and responsibilities within it creates a sense of space and routine which in turn generates stability and safety.
We do not take easily to change as human beings and accordingly I believe with the loss of space and routine a dominant feeling we have is confusion we have been constantly seeking to survive in changing and unknown circumstances we are faced with creating new domains for ourselves and dealing with the insecurity not knowing what is safe.
Zacariah zombie managed to trail himself out into the garden, there was a particular tree out there which he loved but just lately he hadn’t felt like climbing it, Today was going to be the day to do this, from somewhere inside he had summoned up the courage and was determined to have a go. The tree had little outcrops on the trunk which were like steps so he knew he had something to hold onto, you see he had been up here before and he knew he would be able to see all over the county and refresh his mind. He trailed along and after reaching the tree he was exhausted,but he rested a while and with some agility managed to get to the top of the tree. The beauty of the view all around him began to relax and renew him,
For some time he had been in a daze unable to see anything clearly ambling along and just struggling to go with the flow, but now he began to feel able to think about where he was in life and what was happening to him. He asked himself ,who am I and where am I going?What do I need to get there? At first his thoughts were quite confused and jumbled up so he took some deep breaths to steady himself. I am Zacariah Zombie no, no that’s not me! I am Zacariah and I’ve been feeling like a Zombie living as though I’m only half alive but I’m going to change this , and the first thing I’m going to do is make a plan for my day and my week, I have a life to live and I’d like to give it meaning. Zacariah was pleased with himself and sat in the tree for a while ruminating on his plans then he climbed down.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
aoibheann thoughtful reflections 