Anne Thomas

"You have to be somebody before you can be nobody." I cannot remember who said these wise words, but I love them. I love the idea of becoming transparent after building up to a tremendous fullness. I love how life constantly evolves. It gives and takes away. We consciously build up. And if we are wise, when the time is right, we just as consciously disassemble. If we don't do it, life does it for us. Our projects, our involvements, our lives, our selves come together and disintegrate over and over again. In this particular cycle of my life, I seem to be peeling away. Life is bringing many losses, yet also a deep sense that all is as it should be. It is a time of letting go and of being let go. And maybe this is a new phase of becoming more transparent, of finally becoming "nobody". Surely no one any more special than anyone else at all. The beauty of an ordinary life.