Life is messy. Life is difficult. Life is chaos. Life is beautiful. The more we try to understand, analyze and control life, the more we realize this is futile. We have Darwinism, Freudianism, Marxism, Existentialism, and if you were to look critically at any of these you find yourself into yet another ‘ism’, if it only be that of criticism. (photo jam343 ) Control, tame, limit, contain, dominate, master...these are all terms that allude us when we think of life and growth. Life forges on, around, and through. It appears as chaos. That is beautiful. Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake Time has told me You're a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind. And time has told me Not to ask for more Someday our ocean Will find its shore. So I`ll leave the ways that are making me be What I really don't want to be Leave the ways that are making me love What I really don't want to love. Janet