Now is as good of a time as any / by Tahlia Roper

Sitting in Whipple Manor, drinking coffee and listening to Watts.

A question that I'm starting to ask myself as I go about my time interacting with different people and situations in life, “What does the universe want to teach me about _____?”

What is the lesson that I need to learn in this particular scenario?

What character development timeline am I on in this moment?

I get the best results from asking this question when I expand time to include pondering’ time.

We ponder out loud to each other and ponder upon pondering.

I'm just trying to understand myself and yourself and how we are all the same yet different yet the same and boundaries are imaginary and what kind of fantastical schemes can I dream up knowing all of this is actually nonsense yet delightful.

I'm just having fun with it.

Because I do not see any other logical way of living.

I feel in bliss when I take a moment to fully bear the full weight of my existence. It took time to get to this place but also no time at all, like memory recall from a different lifetime.

“Love is the gift of attention”

To yourself, to your friends, to your family, to your pets, and to everything and everyone else.

We were talking about how there are phrases that people say when they don't know how to wrap up a certain conversation.

To each their own.