Knowing Better
We were talking about attraction. In the earlier post I likened it to gravity in a predominantly negative connotation. Attraction is more benign as it can come from a light or dark place within us and often overwhelms reason when it becomes infatuation. In either case we are initially blind to the need that drives the hunger toward a person, a place, a thing, or even a mission. We do not seem to learn well from the experiences of others in this realm.
I spent a goodly portion of my life infatuated with one project or another in pursuit of predominantly good goals; on a mission. I am still too intense and remain driven. But infatuation, the illusion of finding completion in such a pursuit; that has let me go.
Please let me know if this is an interesting topic to you, as I have cautionary tale or two to share. In the mean time please consider the topics treatment in the poetry shared by Allison Krause:
“If I Didn’t Know Any Better”
I turned around
Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind
I know this is just a customary feelin’
The moon is our deceiver that will leave you running blind
Your heart is pullin’
If I didn’t know any better
I’d be fallin’
Deeper and deeper it’s true
I’d hear it callin’
If I didn’t know any better
And I’d be in love with you
Didn’t want to
Look in the eyes of the one that I would be drawn to
I’m a moth lost in a fire
And I know this is just a beautiful illusion, a case of the confusion,
between love and desire
Your heart is pullin’
If I didn’t know any better
I’d be fallin’
Deeper and deeper it’s true
I’d hear it callin’
If I didn’t know any better
And I’d be in love
When the flame burns out
And fine'ly settles down
And you’d forget I ever came around
Your heart is pullin’
If I didn’t know any better
I’d be fallin’
Deeper and deeper it’s true
I’d hear it callin’
If didn’t know any better
And I’d be in love with you
I turned around
Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind