Not Figuring It Out...

Aquarius Horoscope for week of February 7, 2008
[Courtest of Free Will Astrology]

"To be young, really young, takes a very long time," said Picasso. I agree. It's not easy to hone your ability to see the world fresh over and over again. You've got to work for years to immunize yourself against the millions of people who think they're got everything figured out. To cultivate an ingenious and fully awakened innocence, you have to continually shed your temptation to rely on habitual responses, never ceasing from the effort to greet every experience with a beginner's mind. This playful approach to life goes against the grain of every religious teaching, every political system, and every ideology, which means that only the fiercest individualists with a highly developed sense of self can summon the courage to do it. It so happens, Aquarius, that you're now primed to make rapid progress in this noble undertaking."

Wwwow.

What a great quote, and great thought.

Kind of topical right now in life. Trying to figure things out less, or trying to spend less time figuring things out, trusting that somehow life works out, and just taking time to look at things anew. Seeing people in a new light. Seeing places in a new light. Seeing future plans in a new light. Even seeing work in a new light, well thanks largely to an amazing book I read the past few days (Better, by Atul Gawande).

I have found myself recently shedding thoughts, plans, ideas that I've had for a long time. I planned a life, back before leaving for medical school. I knew what I wanted to do when I finished residency, where I wanted to live, etc etc. I thought I had it figured out. But, life has changed a lot since 2000, and only for the better. And thankfully, I'm learning how to erase long-term plans, and being open to things I hadn't ever considered...

Enough said.
It's way too late to be up.