@Fslowly tooted this text on Humblr on Oct 17

In my hour of darkness, he is standing right in front of me
speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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I never liked "Let it be," still don't. So I was puzzled when the tune began playing over and over in my head in mid-October.

In a context of grief, I can only theorize that something in my sub-conscious demanded acknowledgment of the song lyrics. I can't recall anything like this happening before, probably won't happen again.

I construed it as a good omen when I discovered a Venn diagram about "Let it be" here in the local feed.

I still don't know what to make of a graphic image showing "Let it be" at the core of Venn or Euler intersections. But at least the tune isn't on a constant re-play loop in my thoughts.

There is a common phrase in Japanese which is similar -- usually translated to mean "it can't be helped" or "nothing can be done about it" (shikata ga nai 仕方がない; shō ga nai しょうがない)

QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?

@chikara

Another beautiful post, thank you. I enjoyed reading the fragments of the song lyrics around the diagram. It is a poetic and mournful ballad, I like it.

Your reference to the Japanese concept you mentioned brought to my mind another one, which I admired since first encountering a reference to it. Wabi-sabi.

"In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[3] It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印 sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常 mujō), suffering (苦 ku) and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空 kū).

Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

I found it profound. Accepting imperfection and impermanence can reduce our stress and struggle. A pacified mind might perceive other insights, instead of seeking unattainable perfection.

@Fslowly