Dissonance is a clash.
Dissonance is the what-should-be bucking against the what-is.
Dissonance is both sobering and stirring up.
Dissonance seems to be a way of life for me. I have two pictures – the life I want, and the life I have – and they are often in discord with one another. The former crashes into the latter, like waves pounding the sand and slowly, steadily changing the shoreline.
I have learned to sit in the dissonance of this existence. I have also learned that sitting in it is not the complacency I once thought it was. It’s honesty. It’s listening. It’s inspiring.
Sometimes, it sounds like chaos.
Mostly, it sounds like dancing.
I’m linking up with Marvia Davidson’s Real Talk Tuesday. Join us?
M. Suzanne Terry 
Mostly sounds like dancing!!! YES!!!
A nice, passionate tango.
“The former crashes into the latter….steadily changing the shoreline.” <– Powerful image. Love it.
Thank you so much!
this here … ” I have two pictures – the life I want, and the life I have – and they are often in discord with one another…” yes, me too. thank you for linking up and speaking words i couldn’t articulate!!!
It’s a hard, clashy, gorgeous life, isn’t it?
yes! indeed!
Learning to sit in the dissonance is something we all need. Sometimes the sitting is all we can do, but in the still quietness of the sitting we can hear through the chaos. Right?
Sometimes. Sometimes I hear. I am learning not to discount the experience when I don’t hear anything, though. I’m learning to hold the chaos and the quiet in the same hand.
Wise words, Suzanne!