If we seek the mystery instead of the answer, we’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have. So they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.
Ken Kesey
Experience has taught me, and is still teaching me, that what I think may be the answer is really a key to another door, some insight leading me to ask the next question. Or as the quote suggests, seek the mystery.
I’m enjoying a mocha latte at the Bean Cycle then will meet Mark for breakfast. I have an open schedule after that, one of the perks in my life of retirement. Enjoy your day! 🤗
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Mark
Maybe an easier way to think of Kesey’s message is to just stay curious.
If I am hungry, and it remains mysterious if that pizza is going to do the trick, I have no problems with getting that answer. However, then the next time I will have pizza can remain a mystery for however short of a time that may be. Sometimes days, hours, or minutes. 🙂
Monte Stevens
I do like your use of the word curiosity, it does fit. There is always that question, Well what if…? And, all those factors that come into play; how many pieces, what size are we cutting them into. I have a friend who has quotes tagged to the end of his emails. One of them said, “Better cut that pizza in 4 pieces rather than 6 because I’m not hungry enough to eat more than two pieces.”
Faye White
You live long enough, everything is a mystery. ‘Why did I walk into the kitchen?’ ‘What was I going to look up on my phone?’ ‘What day of the week is it?’ 😉
Geri Oster
Boy, can I relate to that, Faye!! Dandy! Blessings, All.
Monte Stevens
Thank you Geri. I also relate to her comment. Hope all is well with you two!!
Monte Stevens
LOL You brought me a good laugh with this comment, my friend. I’ve asked the very same question. Sounds like Geri has also.
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