I could use a new, freshly programmed, GPS in my real, off-the-water life. There are a number of way points I have flying around in my head that need to find heart-felt connections and a credible context.
Each of my way points seem to be encapsulated into separate and distinct routes which I call blogs. I have a political blog. (Red meat.) I have a sailing blog. (Love it!) I have this reflective blog. (In which I feel squelched.) And I have my super-secret early morning pages blog. (First cup of coffee.) And I have my autobiographical blog. I resort to various pseudonymous and domain devices to preempt linkage by readers.
I don't overestimate my cleverness. I'm sure many, if not all, of my gate-keeping efforts can be shown up as inept or not worth my effort. They reflect a confused mind. Do I want to be known? Completely or in parts? Do I want readers or not? Do I want comment or not? Discussion? Not sure.
In a sense this lack of integration makes a lot of sense. No one wants to know everything about any one else. Especially not the down and dirty. TMI! Right? Don't most of us want to be fully know by only very few others? Perhaps by only one other? OTOH, most of us want to be known, partially known, by many? That sounds honest to me.
But back to my GPS. It would seem to make sense that I have one site dedicated to my route, my path, my choices, my navigation, my focus. Etc.
As I write this, it comes to me in the way of reflection that my preoccupation with way points is bizarre. I am obsessed with my last way point. I should look into my GPS for my next waypoint(s).
What would those be? Brainstorm. Do not assume they have to be easily within reach. Do not assume to know your own reach.
I already just glimpsed a way point that cries out for inclusion. It's previously been off the chart. I need to chart it.
I have the same model of GPS, but mine has no charts installed. I must make my own way.
ReplyDeleteI import waypoints from the real world into the abstract world of the gps and use the gps merely to find the next waypoint..
But in this abstract world, the last waypoint becomes as important as the next. If you wander off the direct path that connects the two, you are just as lost as if you had no waypoints in your life at all.
Danger, sea monsters, and things that go bump in the night may lurk all about. It is only by using the last waypoint as a guide to the next that you ever know where you are.
If I am to be a responsible captain, I must know where my ship is at all times, and not just as it approaches a waypoint.
As we make our way through the darkness, all of the waypoints are important.
A line has an infinite number of points.
ReplyDeleteThe last waypoint is the beginning of the journey to the next one and is, like all waypoints, neither good or bad in itself. The route to the next waypoint is where everything happens, but that route started as the sum of all prior waypoints and they are all incorporated into the baggage onboard.
ReplyDeleteI think O'docker's salient point is his last one.
ReplyDeleteAs we make our way through the darkness, all of the waypoints are important.
He seems to be saying, "Remember, record, & keep track."
On the other hand, Reach says, "The sum of all prior waypoints" can ammount to just baggage.
Hmmmmm......
I think all of us would agree that it best that our faces not always be stuck in our instruments. Not more than on the skies, winds, waters and landmarks ahead.
The next waypoint/game/race/minute is the most important one.
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