Anisette Studio

Muddy Brook Studio Pejj Nunes 2/12/2024

Love this wooded area outside my cottage.

I ran across the following in Joyce Hilfer’s book, Pathways. ” It isn’t what I have to learn that worries me….it is what I have to unlearn…I became programmed so easily to those things I do not need…while the really important is apt to elude me…. It was Alexander Pope who thought a little learning is a dangerous thing…. Learning what is wrong and practicing it to the hilt…after all, it seems right…it has come all through the years with me….and I can’t remember when I didn’t think this way…but it hasn’t helped so I have to unlearn it…reprogram myself in a sense…throw out the cat and begin a new cycle… it won’t be easy for that persistent cat will run in every time I open the door!” How well put! Is this not the case with trying to do things differently?

The only thing I could up with, an easy one liner was to change the subject on myself so I would not go down that rabbit hole. Learning that thoughts are just thoughts has helped my perspective. Then, realizing I do not have to hang onto just any thought. I do not have to solve or understand everything. It is ok to just be me, to be present with the world. Be happy for no reason. That is the best lesson I have learned so far in life. I am happy now! Even though I lost the love of my life, I am content because I was well loved. Oddly, so it feels I can focus on me, and what I want the rest of my life to be like. That I did not expect, nor feeling happy again. It has helped being the writer and artist. Now to do something with those two things. Pull it off at last. When you get past the stage of being the mother of small children and they are at the point of having their turn at the busy family life, well your role shifts.

Best wishes! Pejj Nunes