Thwarted
For a good reason
The word “Thwarted” popped up in a recent meditation. I didn’t know where it came from or what it meant. Yet, there seems no better term to explain the present blues. Because we’ve literally been thwarted from our well-trodden way of existence.
Thwarted.
Within a split second, we’ve been derailed from what has defined our lives to this very point. From the urge to pursue whatever we felt like doing—jointly or alone—whenever. Instead, we suddenly see ourselves exposed to an overpowering and paralyzing force. Some call it bondage; others control. Either way, we no longer recognize our world and what’s going on.
It was different just a moment ago.
Thwarted.
While we aimlessly stroll around trying to adhere to a different routine, sheepish helplessness besieges us. We’ve lost the means of fighting back because we’re deprived of the power we once owned but have long since traded. Just like our very souls. With an uncaring world that appears to have only one aim in mind.
The creation of callous and obedient creatures.
Thwarted.
Zoomed out of our usual hustle, we reluctantly allow our sedated minds to settle for some more radical views. Possibly unprecedented or simply hidden. Fractions of insights begin to shape that it all…
