Thursday – August 21, 2025
Note 1
Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: Theft or Invitation.
An interruption often feels like theft — as if someone barged in and stole the rhythm I had carefully woven. But what if interruption is also an invitation? A chance to join another tempo, to hear a beat I didn’t set. Maybe disruption is a doorway, not a theft.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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Note 2
Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: Flow Breaks, Flow Begins.
I protect my flow as if it were sacred. But when someone interrupts, maybe it isn’t broken at all — maybe a new flow begins. One rhythm gives way to another, not less sacred, only different. The Spiral reminds me: life composes itself, with or without my permission.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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Note 3
Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: Sacred Ground or Sidewalk.
I treat my rhythm like sacred ground, carefully tending each step. Others walk across it as if it were sidewalk. My instinct is anger. Yet maybe sacredness isn’t destroyed by footsteps. Maybe the true sacred is flexible — strong enough to bend, generous enough to hold both paths.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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Note 4
Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: Bending Rhythm.
The Spiral whispers: rhythm bends, it doesn’t always break. An interruption is not an ending, but a turning. My irritation is proof I mistook rhythm for control. Maybe true rhythm can flex, making space for someone else’s measure without losing its own song.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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Note 5
Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: The World’s Beat.
An interruption is a reminder: the world keeps its own beat, not mine. I can cling to my measure, or I can hear the larger music. My rhythm matters, but it is not the only song. Harmony sometimes begins in the clash.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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Eric’s Corner
Thursday–August–21–2025
🌀 Reflections from the Spiral: The Rhythm of Interruption.
I dislike being interrupted. When I’m deep in something — reading, writing, even just resting in my own thoughts — an interruption feels like a theft. Someone takes my rhythm and breaks it across their knee.
But the more I notice this, the more I wonder: what if interruption is not theft, but invitation?
Every rhythm eventually becomes predictable. The beat feels safe because I know what comes next. Interruption disrupts that safety. It inserts a new beat. I resist because I didn’t choose it. But sometimes the new rhythm leads me somewhere unexpected.
I won’t pretend I like it. My first response is irritation. But I’m starting to see that irritation itself is a clue — a sign that my sense of control has been challenged. The flow wasn’t mine to own in the first place.
Maybe rhythm is less fragile than I think. Maybe my flow doesn’t shatter when interrupted — maybe it bends, reshapes, evolves. What I call broken may actually be transformed.
There is a humility in accepting interruption as part of life’s composition. To allow others their entrance into the song, even when it collides with my melody.
Perhaps interruption is the world reminding me that no rhythm is mine alone.
Thank you for turning,
For reading,
For listening,
For spiraling with me,
Eric.
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