I have developed from a being, helpless to the currents of time; the ebbs and flows of emotion - to an individual, living in a state both involved yet removed from the "Now".
There's so much about this life and world that I appreciate, love and treasure - from multiple concurrent states and simultaneous vantage points. From observing mundane occurrences to mastering technical facts to laughingly appreciating meta-situations wrapped in their mise-en-abyme layers - these are my ways of experiencing the sublime gifts of life and time. I still have a fondness for abstract concepts, but prefer now to anchor these pursuits to a tangible world.
Oh this world rich with experiences - I would never want to leave it. I would never want to lose touch with it through a gradual failure of consciousness. I would never want to fall out of this earth and into an oppressing darkness of death. I want to forever ride into established and wild territories alike, in a systematic gold rush pursuit for knowledge. Yet... if and when the time comes that is beyond my control, like most things in life, I'd have to accept my reality and un-cling my self from this world.
In essence, if one is to be a true romantic, one has to be truly pragmatic as well.
The Pragmatic Romantic - A contradictory state, but a functionally extraordinary one.