Does enlightenment require frailty?

It’s been a long hard week,

the weather has been rough,

I’ve been missing,

my lady,

so much,

but, patience,

is a virtue,

and I’ve been,

working hard to acquire it.

The important things,

in life,

are worth,

working for,

or,

sacrificing for,

or,

sometimes,

just waiting for:-)

I’ve been looking over,

the list of books,

I’ve read this year,

and,

while,

they are,

fewer,

than last year,

I enjoyed them,

some are quite,

dense and deep,

some are light and fun.

In the next year,

I have decided,

to read slower,

to take my time,

savour,

after all it isn’t a contest,

or a competition,

I read for fun,

and,

for,

well,

for lack of a better word,

enlightenment,

an aesthetic experience,

is enlightening.

So for fun and laughter,

perhaps,

even,

the occasional titillation<wink>

but,

also to be moved,

to grow.

I suppose that sounds,

hopelessly,

new agey,

but,

that isn’t how,

I mean it,

I’m not going on a spiritual quest,

I’m just going to read,

better books,

and,

take my time,

about it.

Every month,

I’ll read something,

I’ve always wanted to read,

I don’t mean,

something that I think,

I should read,

because,

it’s good for me,

like,

Broccoli or War and Peace.

To end the year,

I’ve decided,

I’m going to read,

Lady Chatterley’s Lover,

because,

I think,

I’m ready to read it,

to understand it.

From the back cover:

Writing to liberate the generations who, he felt, had regarded sex merely as an embarrassment or a mechanical act, he said( Lawrence) about the book: “I always labour at the same thing, to make the sex relation valid and precious, instead of shameful. And this novel is furthest I’ve gone. To make it beautiful and tender and frail as the naked self is”

I guess I’m a late bloomer,

I’ve loved,

and,

it’s never been,

about,

shame or mechanics,

but,

frail,

has been difficult,

as has been,

vulnerability,

maybe,

Lawrence and Lady Chatterley,

can enlighten me.

Make me a better,

butch,

soft butch.

🙂

Later girls,

BB

Author: Bookish Butch

I am a bookish butch in my mid early fifties. I live in Montréal and always have. I used to run a small used bookstore. Reading keeps me sane. My latest jiggie is photography, book project in the works, living the dream

10 thoughts on “Does enlightenment require frailty?”

  1. I love Lady Chatterley’s lover… It’s one of the few classics I’ve read, let alone enjoyed. This is my favourite quote. You’ve inspired me: I think I’ll reread it this week, as a much-needed escape from the holiday rush.

  2. Dear BB: Hmmm a slow reading movement begins? Sounds wonderful. What would make the books you plan to read (or ones you might find to read) better than what you have read this year?

    and I do hope that your missing….eases.

  3. Moi? Rough weekend..? Now that would be telling, and a lady never ever tells.
    Um.. how about a mind that sometimes does not slow down enough to avoid sloppy keying errors?

  4. What is a black hole but a condensation of elements imploding? Yes, BB, light requires expansion and a sort of vulnerability of elements, no? I love this post and I hope your reading loosens your soul until it becomes a prism of light…You already shine so!

    See you tomorrow!

    M
    xxx

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