when the reward is greater than the risk

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Far up in the North,

The nights can be so dark.

Biting cold takes its toll on the body.

Grýla casts her spell,

In the depths of the mind,

Damaging happiness and the joy of life.

Hope and faith, Don't you fail me now.

Hope and faith, Come and warm my heart.

Hope and faith, Fill me up with strength.

Hope and faith, Shine down with bright light.

Hope and faith, Give me back my joy.

Hope and faith, In the dark night.

People waste their time with triviality,

Leaving what's important for someone else.

My advice to you: Hide your head in the snow.

Try forgetting everything -

The things you should know.

Ásgeir - Head In The Snow

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“People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.” Eckhart Tolle

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Sometimes common knowledge is neglected to such an extent that when we hear it again we think it's a miraculous means to take us back to our default settings and ultimately elucidation of all that is effecting us, albeit momentarily. The thing about common knowledge and the likes of "divine" phrases is that they don't do much besides put you back in the present.  The now.  Why did we ever leave the now?  At what stage in your short life do you actually want to be living; the past, unchangeable or the future, illusive? 

“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action.”

I attempted this.  Last night.  There was so much of the past I wanted to hash up and question yet I held my tongue and my thoughts. I wanted to explore and express the future (mine, yours and ours) but I needed not to, so I didn't. Want and need are polar opposites.  You want to look back in the past, you want to look into the future, but you really just need to not want. 

I hid my head in the snow, tried to forget everything I know - the things I should [wanted to] know. 

When the night was done and closer to day, so was I.  

Then the now begun not colder but okay, so pause try. 

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She was but she wasn't there. He is but he isn't near. 

She listens but it's rare.  He talks but doesn't care.

The light, the noise. The dark, the poise.

In suspension

Stiff Gentian

Summer, it misconceives

Inalienable pairs of opposite leaves

Building up the wall

Blue violet during the fall

It's the small hours

Distinguished by its peculiar flowers

That cultivates to assume
They're the last to remain in bloom...