Funny how you just know sometimes. That this is the right way to go about things; that you were meant to be there; that someone can be trusted. Some people call it instinct; others say its just subliminal perception. It can manifest as synchronicity (*), or serendipity (**), or anything else you like to call it. but sometimes you do just know.
I had that feeling today, as I typed in the last word. I had hoped and planned that it would be, but I do tend to be a perfectionist: it's hard to draw a line underneath and say good enough. I infuriate friends in pubs, searching desperately for a napkin to write down the perfect phrase which has just occurred to me. But today I just knew that I had reached the end of this particular stretch of road.
So... 'Life Script' is finished! This is the final version, and it's complete. As it says in the Rubiyat (current exhibition at the British Library, if you're interested): turn down a glass for me!
* Syn-chronicity: together-happening; when two apparently unrelated events occur at the same time.
** Serendipity: finding precious things unexpectedly by pure luck: often used of junk shops!
Life Works is an ad hoc, alternative and occasionally aspirational approach to everyday life. Drawing on a combination of sense, sensibility and ancient wisdom it shows the relevance of mythic themes and archetypal figures to the modern world. Jane Bailey Bain teaches mythology in West London. Her book 'LifeWorks' was published in January 2012. For more information and further postings, visit the main LifeWorks site at http://janebaileybain.wordpress.com/
