The sun sets on another day…
Another bleak day that could have been far far more. The sun was gone and the mist fell across the horizon. Far above the sunset was amazing, but down here the rain kept falling.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the past few weeks and enjoying the different paths that I take. My life has been very interesting and because of that I sometimes watch other people and consider how they see the world and how I experienced similar. It’s not that I have experienced everything, far from it. In fact, I feel I’ve experienced almost nothing. Instead, sometimes I see similarities with what I have faced and what some others go through.
First, I want to take a second and reiterate that the more I learn and the more I know the less I realize I know. Each time I see the world in a little bit better perspective I realize my piece of the world and my perspective is minimal compared to what is actually in the world. Some people may think that they know everything, but I have said often that anyone who proclaims to know everything likely knows very little or nothing. Instead, I will hold on to the fact that I know very little and the world that I see keeps getting bigger. No matter how much I read or experience I will never understand it all.
As I consider things I talk to people and as I talk to people I try to learn from them. This gives me a wider perspective on what is out there and how people feel. Right now I am spending a lot of time talking about relationships and in doing so learning how so many people see things a little bit wider or a little bit thinner. I am doing this to expand my knowledge because of a conundrum I have experienced in finishing a book. In the book the main character has taken on a life of her own. I know it is fiction and I made it all up but I have learned to appoint that this character it’s far deeper then when I started writing her. As things have progressed I realized there are several possible outcomes instead of the one I originally imagined and because of this I feel strongly I should make a good choice for her, even though it’s a book.
The question I keep coming up against is if there is a point where love and the feelings for someone are deeper than life? Is there a point where someone will take a step back and realize that the people around them are more important than their life and more important than how they see life. Don’t answer too fast in your mind.
If you were given the possibility of being with someone for a very long period of time what would it take for you to appreciate that gift? How do you appreciate it now? How do you see it being appreciated? What is the most important quality in a relationship? What is the most important quality for enjoying time with others?
All these questions are floating around in my mind right now and with good reason. As I write my characters in my stories I want the actual development to be believable or at least accurate. I get frustrated when people present a character that is either so over the top that they are impenetrable or so under the top that they seem foolish. Even though sometimes characters float in and out and often surprised the reader it still has to make sense. As I’m doing this I am looking for those qualities that are deeper than life and how to approach them more effectively. I have seen a lot and I will continue to learn, if you have ideas let me know.
So as the sun sets on another day, how do you push to make a character believable? How do you make yourself believable? How do you believe in you and more importantly how do you believe in others. When someone says they’ll love you “no matter what” is it a truth or a lie? When someone does love you “no matter what” what does that mean? If we are truly mortal where are the limits and how do we draw the lines that make us who we are? Just some things to think about as you find your way through another day and into tomorrow. Keep being you and make you the most important thing in the world, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and love deeply…