More on Hugh Mackay here.
I don't mean for this post to be heavy or depressing or cynical. But I truly believe we would be more content by learning to accept our entire range of feelings (enjoy the now) instead of always struggling so hard for the elusive happiness.
I appreciated so much what acquaintance/poet Aaron Belz had to say in an interview on my friend Thomas Crone's site, The Same Five Questions. It seems somehow related to this idea. When asked, "For personal creativity (or productivity), are you better served by contentment or restlessness?" He answered, "Are those the only two options? I think just being alive, content or restless, is so problematic that sometimes it’s best viewed through the keyhole of drunkenness. And I would add, with the humility of a person who has largely failed in his life, that if you just feel generally elated or even “content” you’re missing something. There should always be a missing piece. You’re missing a piece. Despair is natural, therefore, and art (and I don’t mean “design”) means something." See full interview here.
How do you feel?
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