Guidance

        As ever - I don't claim to be a Master.
    I never expect to 'arrive' at mastery of anything.

    I have been ... when asked... (occasionally) a Guide. a haven in wilderness. a shelter against howling winds.

    I have also failed at this quite often. Sometimes because I think I lack control (of the situation, of the other... and occasionally of myself). Sometimes because I know I lack control. And sometimes because my attention drifted when it should have been focused.
    All these things are harmonic disturbances in a tightly wound relationship - and too much harmonic convergence... can bring a sturdy building down.

    I think I have been a good guide when I sensed guidance was wanted; I've even been a pretty good guide even when I thought guidance was Needed. It's reading the situation and reacting consistently that allows comfort and trust.

    I try to be very consistent in thought and deed.
    I'm sure I've failed some times.

    I just read an article - they related that it seemed to them that all people live in a deluded state - to insure they are comfortable enough with life... that they are strong and capable of Things That Need Doing. But that most of humanity's brainpan activity ... is wired to offer bolstering inaccuracies at the drop of a fear... or pleasure. We are all living in our own story, we are the writer and the lead character. All else is plot ajuncts and secondary characters. We produce a story that makes sense to us... never mind the poetic license we all take with the neurochemically modified awareness that we all create within.

    I do the best I can.
    Sometimes it is enough.
    Sometimes it aint.

    I regret the latter and hope to reduce the frequency of it's occurance.