Indifference

Photo by Eileen Beniest

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

                                                   The Snow Queen- Joan D. Vinge                                                     

Every so often I have come across a person who practices the Art of Indifference… and believe me, it is an Art.  I wonder to myself if this is something that they have learned along Life’s way, from a parent or has it been there within the very core of their beings right from the start? Out of all the emotions, I think Indifference is the most calculating of them all. Only when you are on the receiving end of Indifference do you feel the impact of its power. We can overcome anger, we can change attitudes with love but as long as Indifference stands in our way, nothing will change. The person who holds Indifference close to their heart in the end, has no heart - Eileen Beniest

Anticipation

There was a time back when I was young when I would awake each morning in anticipation of the unknown; to embrace the giddiness of life itself. It was a time of chasing after dreams, traveling to far-away places and even re-discovering the beauty of my own chartered territory. Now that I am older and living a more 'regulated lifestyle' I find myself going to sleep each night in anticipation of the unknown; to embrace the giddiness of life itself.. in my dreams.. - Eileen Beniest