AGOOEYMESS

As i sit here on a saturday reading and drinking coffee, i read something that immediately made me tear up, and then came the long slow familiar feeling of a tear gently rolling down my cheek.

It is in this exact moment i think of resonance. I read something that reverberated with my soul deep inside. something that caused such an immediate response from my body. There wasnt time to think of it, there was only time to feel it's immediate effect on me. And outpouring of emotion, but i dont think emotion would be right, i think it would more be just an outpouring of "being" so to speak.

These seem to be hidden all over the place. I can only imagine from my own experience that every has these things that resonate in them. And again my experience would tell me that these things probably differ in every person.

One of my favorite quotes, and what i use on my work email is...

"A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love how eloquently and yet bluntly that Emerson points out the fact that our secret desires of our hearts can not hide from the world, and that they will become known. Like a prisoner plotting his escape, the deep recesses of our hearts will come out and expose themselves, if for only the joy of doing so.

Anyway, back to the things that resonate, or move us, or whatever you will. I imagine every language and every culture has a word for it. I like resonate. It stirs up images to me. But also as experience has taught me, i'm sure there are much more beautiful and impacting words that go in to much more detail with much more imagery.

I cant help but wonder if the things that resonate with us are somehow diving rods or compasses to the direction we are heading in, or even more so, clues to who we are or warning signs for what is down the rode for us lest we choose not to worship something different.

I find myself so curious as to what resonates in other people, what brings instant joy or sorrow, strength or weakness, hope or despair. i cant remember for sure but i think there was some marketing campaign that used the slogan "what moves you", i'm sure it happened, marketing has used just about every good and bad trait of humanity to sell products, so it wouldnt surprise me.

i want to make sure that the things that move me and the things that resonate in my heart, are the things that time has shown to matter. Dare i say the important things? Not to label someone elses "things" as unimportant. More of, i know what i consider important, and i know what i want to worship, and i want to make sure that the things that resonate with me are clues to the things i find important and want to worship.

as the add says, what moves you?