Dissatisfaction with time is understandable because it always seems to contradict expectations. When we want it to pass quickly, it seems slow; when we want the opposite, it seems fast. So the wait is always too long, and the good moments fleeting. We oscillate between unfulfilled desires and opportunities that slip through our fingers. The conclusion is that nothing can be enjoyed. However, over the years, we realize that although we cannot slow down or speed up the passage of time, we can always turn dissatisfaction into reality. There is no other lesson to be learned: everything is wrapped up in this manageable minimum, toward which conscious effort must converge.
The Most Obvious Obstacle to the Investment…
The most obvious obstacle to the investment we make in life is the fear of risking it, which is often paralyzing. We lose that willingness to embrace uncertainty, without which we cannot evolve. Not to mention the true pleasure of challenge, which becomes impossible when the mind is dominated by the fear of losing. There is no doubt that there is fun in recklessness, in acting without considering the consequences; but to have fun wisely, it is necessary to reach a higher level of consciousness.
Perhaps It Is Comforting to Think That All…
Perhaps it is comforting to think that all the obstacles that stand in the way of a great goal are there to justify it in some way, ensuring that the quest continues, and with it its transformative effects. To tell the truth, it is repeatedly seen that once those obstacles are overcome, once one has reached the goal one so ardently desired, there springs forth the certain realization, manifested in an abrupt behavioral change, that the time has come to die.
Bach’s Finest Moments Produce…
Bach’s finest moments produce an auditory ecstasy, and the feeling that no one else has ever been able to extract such sounds from the instrument that stands out in the composition. The same is true of the harpsichord, the viola, the violin, the flute… when we think of the ensemble as a whole, Bach seems to be the composer who mastered everything and explored everything with incomparable skill. Beethoven’s finest moments, however, produce something different, and there are perhaps no words to describe the miracle that characterizes his compositions. A deaf man, yet one who produces in the listener, through auditory stimulation, a paralyzing shiver from head to toe.
