You can read this from the beginning over here (Part 1) , or find Part 2 here
Time is relative.
Although people say this casually, it is often not accepted as any kind of fact. Yet it is. And even an experiential one at that. A watched pot never boils, you know.
Another fact, this one so undeniable it should rather be called a "truth"...
is that everything passes.
Everything passes...
Everything
passes...
Yes.
Even the most marvelous feats of humanity are eventually largely forgotten by half lit memories blown away by the dusty sands of time.
And the worst crimes of humanity much the same.
Unless a light is kept burning to remind us never, ever to allow such things to ever, ever happen again.
We have to be careful, however, not to get stuck in the past while we remember...
That everything passes is an unquestionable truth.
And perhaps the only truth that is unquestionable.
But the fact that time is relative because it is just another human construct, created in a bid to make sense of the impossible to ever fully understand, is also largely ignored or forgotten.
Forgotten as people continuously check clocks; as bells signifying significant moments continuously ring out; as beginnings and endings are rushed towards or away from; as the imagined necessities of living are busily pursued to achieve such very, very important goals.
Goals of learning more. Making more. Becoming more.
How ironic, then, that all these attempts to understand and control the experience of living do is to increase an underlying anxiety that is an inescapable part of being alive.
The understanding that any real control over the outcome of things is just an illusion...
Time was most certainly relative for Sally Jansen and Jack Summer.
What only seemed to be the still not so distant past to Sally Jansen, as she walked to the edge of the cliff each day to sit and wait silently, later in the afternoon than was warm enough to be comfortable and just before the shadows after sunset made it difficult to find a way back...
was closer to five long years.
While what seemed an eternity to Jack Summer, as he silently waited in the shadows beneath the cliff with the endless horizon for Sally Jansen to look down one more time...
was only, in reality, several relatively short weeks.
But perhaps people who are only able to live according to their own true nature and follow their own hearts' true desire are less aware of clock time. Or the times of bells, goals and allotted hours for the beginnings or conclusions of events and experiences.
Perhaps for people like this, things just are as they are.
And it is absolutely necessary to wait sometimes.
To wait and allow nature to take its course.
Because everything passes.
This is an immutable "truth".
But despite Jack Summer's unusual and remarkable ability to "wait" in a world loudly dominated by the importance of Time, Sally Jansen never did look down at the shadows beneath the cliff at the edge of the world again.
Perhaps because she had waited just long enough herself...
Sally Jansen looked up instead.
I do not know if Jack's patient observation of Sally Jansen was what caused the change to occur, but I secretly wish it was. Although we may think it implausible, I do know our intentions and thoughts shape and even create the world around us in so very many ways.
Perhaps it was Jack's burning will and desire alone. Perhaps it was simply the lengthy quiet and stillness that created enough space for the new. Or, probably, it was just the passing of Time itself.
This is, like many things, is something we will probably never be able know with absolute certainty.
But I do know that learning to accept the not-knowing is as remarkable a skill...
as is learning to wait.
As is the skill of being able to sit quietly with both the past and the future, long enough for them to recede to the times and places in which they are meant to reside and finally stay...
unless there's a need to refer to them in the Now.
I like to imagine that Jack Summer loved Sally Jansen back into the Now despite her being unaware of it. I like to imagine this because I still want to believe unconditional love can heal just about anything.
But I can't say this is a truth.
What I can say, again, is that everything passes if we are able to sit and wait patiently enough for the inevitability of this.
So although she never knew why and we will probably never know for sure either...
on a day that was suddenly unlike any other day...
as another liquid golden globe, magical in its brilliance, sank towards the endless shining horizon...
Sally Jansen finally stood and turned towards the sun again.
As she lifted her face to feel the gentle warmth of the setting sun's rays on her skin, Sally Jansen breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly...
as though she was releasing the weight of the whole world that had been holding her down.
And with this letting go, Sally Jansen suddenly saw the sun glinting on the golden ocean.
And on that day, Sally Jansen turned towards the wide open waters that were beckoning her to dive in and swim.
And that was the day Sally Jansen walked away from the darkened house near the edge of the cliff at the end of the world...
and down to the beach, with no ghosts, where Jack Summer sat patiently waiting.
Where Jack Summer sat patiently waiting to light the fire he'd prepared for the day Sally Jansen finally arrived.
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What a wonderful tale. I dig your prose style that sounds smooth, conversational, relaxed... introspective without getting bogged down in semantics. Beautifully done!
What an epically cool comment ☝️😊
Thank you!
22 days...
you wrote this 22 days ago... and it sat here on my toolbar, waiting :)
waiting for me to open it, and become lost in the beauty of change. The inexplicable moments where hearts turn. The lovely newness of a step in the opposite direction.
where love is waiting
I soaked this in!! It was so beautiful. what an ending (and beginning) to a gorgeous story of patience and love!
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Thank you for the lovely comment!
Maybe I'll leave the story there then. It was gong to be a not so happy ending actually and then... well... I think the positivity of the Dreemers actually rewrite my planned ending tbh. This is what came out on the day as I was trying to make the deadline!
Can it be 22 days already??? 👀 It feels like last week! Wow!
And yes. Your comment... it feels like that now. I need to write a post!
Thanks for your time and this! ❤️
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Is this also your Dreem-wotw??? This is superb. Damn it. It's amazing. It's like seeing a narrator tell the movie. Like an anime you know? Oh wow! No... Spin off? Babies and all? 😀 Hahahah
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was considering using this for the Dreem-wotw as well but it felt like cheating 😁
Yeah
I'm a Time fanatic on so many levels because it's a very spiritual and philosophical topic
I've also had to face my own mortality a few times
Health stuff
So this really gives one a whole new perspective on Time
And the value of it!!
But more to follow on that
This one was about allowing and accepting
And learning to sit and wait
I'm happy it resonated with you
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This is good, with enough description to build a perfect picture on my mind. After taking his cupcakes atleast they'll have more talking to do now.
I hope everyone shares all the cupcakes!!!
As it should be ☝️
Thanks for your attention and sharing your thoughts 😊
It makes the writing worthwhile ❤️🙏
If they actually met? Many times I get lost a bit in the plot so I hope so my friend @nickydee. Excellent work 🌸😉
Ah
Well
We have to get comfortable with the "not knowing"
So who knows?
🤔😊🙃
😁😅excellent writer's resource, leave the suspense 😅
Sorry (not sorry)
Yep
You're the creator of everything so you get to choose!
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I am getting lost between the lines of your writing this evening... in such a good way 💗I loved this ending...and you so could have used this for dreem-wotw ... not cheating at all. I have often written to more than one prompt in a single piece. It's economical and adds an extra challenge.
I completely relate to the idea of sitting with things... allowing them to ruminate...just waiting it out. The answers always come... at the right time. We just need patience and faith. I am so glad that Sally worked things out and got to experience the sunshine once again. !PIZZA !ALIVE
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Thank you :)
I may actually add another small chapter as this happened spontaneously and I struggled to finish it. it wasn't going to be a "happy" conclusion but... Dreemers... it's hard not to be positive around them / us.
But yes. Waiting is a skill! Especially for us modern humans!
And thanks for the info re doubling up. It makes sense! There's so much action around here I find it hard to keep up sometimes. This will really help big time.
Busy finding my faith again... wow does that make a huge difference, huh? Just the sense that everything is going to be okay makes a massive difference to being able to keep on keeping on!
Thanks for being you 😊
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