
In many ways we lead our lives in themes -- a theme is "a unifying idea that is a recurrent element." Ask yourself, "what are the recurrent themes in my life?"
In our dreams we often return over and over to a few or several familiar themes. People who journal about their dreams will find it easier to become aware of the main themes of their dreams. Ask yourself, "What are the recurrent themes in my dreams?"
Our favorite bloggers often post on the same theme, one that is their preference about which to write. "Margaret" at Margaret's Wanderings makes and posts "Postcards" such as these. Ask yourself, "What are the recurrent themes about which my "bookmarks" write?"
I belong to a social network called scrap paper. I write poetry and I make scrapbooks and I am a photographer. Here is a poem from Scrapbook.com that combines all three activities. To quote: The Strangers In The Box
Come, look with me inside this drawer In this box I've often seen At the pictures, black and white Faces proud, still and serene.
I wish I knew the people These strangers in the box Their names and all their memories Are lost among the socks.
I wonder what their lives were like, How did they spend their days? What about their special times? I'll never know their ways.
If only someone would have taken time, To tell who, what, and when, Those faces of my heritage Would come to life again.
Could this become the fate Of the pictures we take today? The faces and the memories Someday to be tossed away.
Make time to save your pictures Seize the opportunity when it knocks Or someday you and yours could be The strangers in the box. Returning to the theme of "Themes," ask yourself, "what is the thread, the unifying element, that runs through my dreams, my on-line reading and my day to day activities?" The answers to this question will enhance your self-awareness. And you will be more "mindful" as a result.
Myth is the public dream, and dream is the private myth. - Joseph Campbell
My topical post today at South by Southwest and The Reaction is about the mainstream media. Technorati tags: philosophy life thoughts Cross-posted at Making Good Mondays
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