sometimes understanding comes to me suddenly.

one moment, i'm scratching my head and blinking in bewilderment at a baffling proposition. the next, a little light bulb goes on in the back of my brain.

eureka!

and all is clear to me.

most often though, my journey towards 'enlightenment' is slow. i follow a winding road towards revelation. sometimes, the bends on the road to wisdom are so sharp that they cause me to double back on ourselves.. giving me a false impression of lack of progress.

i start to figure out that i'm really getting nowhere just when i'm on the threshold of discovering that i have gone somewhere quite spectacular!

awake for 20 hours and counting.