Aiming for Even…With Wheels

Musing CatEvery post that appears on this blog bears little resemblance to its initial version. In life, there are best laid plans and then there is what happens.

However, this post is different than any previous, not in substance but in laying out a plan, making a commitment. That’s a bit risky for one who lives life from the eye of a storm more often than not.

My roundabout way is beginning to resemble clickbait so here’s my plan: I created another blog, aimforeven.com, featuring short posts–daily doses I call them–on living life with equanimity. It is a sister blog to this one.

I have given this much thought over the past two years but explaining this commitment remains difficult. And Zen Buddhism isn’t much on explaining. But this I know. Aim for Even rests so comfortably in my heart and so anxiously in my head.

There is nothing for it except to begin, as if there were another way.

Aimforeven.com is a number of moments–365–strung together as a series of blog posts in a cumulative year of days, if not consecutive. I’m working with the reality I have and aiming for even.

My view is from within the eye of a health storm that has waxed and waned for the last 384 days, more or less. Waves of impermanence do not count the days coming or going.

For that matter, days are not what they used to be for me, either, but I have not lost track. If anything, I’m more aware of each day’s presence, even if I don’t always get the order correct.

With each wave comes an awareness not yet imagined. It is mine for the viewing, if I will only look.

To sit within the eye of the storm is to witness the surge sweeping away life options while leaving possibilities never considered or usually rejected.

The current storm is swirling around advanced, late-stage osteoarthritis in both my hips. It is early days in this storm but so far autoimmune disease seems subdued, spinal cord weakness waxes and wanes.

It is the storm clouds of degenerative disc disease that thunder, threatening then throwing lightning surges up and down my legs. Within, rage ultimately gives way to stillness.

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It is such an effort to begin again. And I’m tired, really tired.

Within every storm is a sliver of light, and this storm is no different, if I will only look through the life lens. Perhaps it is my fatigue that reveals the world anew this time. I’m never sure what does; I just know it always happens.

Regardless, it takes a while to get used to viewing the forever changed. And there is always some sort of surprise awaiting me.

This time, it is “wheels” to access more of the world around me. Regular errands and daily tasks are easier. I may not have more energy but I am not so tired, either.

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This storm is far from over but I take in the view of what other options await me.

In the past, my mind set sail for Aim for Even only to travel off course or simply shipwreck in one convergence after another of my personal, perfect storm.

What is in one’s mind is not always within the life lens of experience. It has taken me a while to explore the view I have rather than search for the one I want.

Now, aimforeven.com is within my scope, equanimity in daily doses, a steady course through any storm. After all, no storm is without an eye with a view.

No day or dose is ever the same, even if the aim is. An evenness of mind opens not to expectation but to experience. Equanimity knows no enemies.

That is the course for a year of days on aimforeven.com.

Certainly, the posts are a way for me to reconnect with my online life. Just as my “wheels” allow me access to the world surrounding me, blogging connects me to the immediacy of the virtual world. I have missed both.

Join me on aimforeven.com for a year of equanimity. Stop by KM Huber’s blog for longer observations, the usual fare perhaps a bit more regularly. Each blog site features a sidebar link. After all, they sail within sight of one another.
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14 thoughts on “Aiming for Even…With Wheels

  1. I love that in the face of a new challenge, you are not crumpling into a ball. You are morphing and continuing to inspire/share your journey. Says a lot of good about you . . .

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  2. I am finally back in this chair, catching up with important things–like you. I will now hop over to your new site and take a look. I write something every morning and those pages, which come with no expectations, are some of the most interesting writing I produce. Bet the same will be true of yours.

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  3. Karen, I am so happy you are following your heart. (I’m sorry to be so late to the party. I am just now getting through my emails and found you. Ack! This post explains why I have seen you post from another website. lol. It would seem I am a bit slow. Anyway, congratulations on your new endeavor!! 🙂

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  4. Your words are always so thoughful, strong and beautiful and I know they appear that way when you may not be feeling like that yourself. Look forward to “seeing” you whereever you are.

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    1. I really appreciate your kind words, Angela. Truly, comments such as yours provide not just a sliver of light but a reminder of what a wonder the Internet can be. I, too, look forward to “seeing” you. Thanks so much.
      Karen

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  5. “Now, aimforeven.com. is within my scope, equanimity in daily doses, a steady course through any storm. After all, no storm is without an eye with a view.”
    Love this Karen. 💛
    See you over there!

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    1. Hi, Val! Good to hear from you again and glad you found the common space on the other site. It’s a bit different than this one but I appreciate you pointing that out–I should’ve noticed before–I’ll be responding similarly to you on that site. So far, a #DailyDose post really does seem to make more possible in my day. More than likely, it’s a matter of mindset but not sure just how yet. See you over there! And thanks for all the support.
      Karen

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