Straddling Two Worlds

When going through and reading about the various three paradoxes in the text: Asceticism/Activism, Pessimism/Idealism, Human/Divine it opened up me to an awareness in my reading to take a look at various situations in life and the roads in which I've traveled, lived and walked in and on. How precious is a text, especially if you have not stopped to take a look at the meaning behind a word and how it may define two worlds or points of view.
This whole move, relocating and beginning course work, while remaining “present” while taking care of home, mortgage, bills and life in Houston which is the paradox in itself can create a very physical feeling of being in two worlds, but always in the knowing and clear assurance - this is where I am to be.
Often, according to various places and times we may find ourselves with “straddling two worlds” this can create a time of a multitude of feelings around the subject matter and lead to an overwhelming feeling. We are never alone in a process or in a given situation although it is very individual there is a universal thread that is common ground and familiar to many.
It is in the recognition that when we are in this place that we can shift either to one side or the other...or simply be happy to rest in one. But, Hooray! We have the tools and are gaining more tools to discern where we may be in an area and recognize it.
Remembering the lenses that we see bring in a view that can only by seen by what we bring from the collected life experience we have had. I like to see it as not clouded by an intense formal dialog of subject matter for the sake of using big words, but a place to do an examination of where you stand in any area throughout a subject and see where you land. A Good exercise. Then, take a look. However, it is obvious that most of us live in primarily in one or the other. When Dr. Tom asked "How shall we live in an imperfect world of imperfect people?" I thought this as a good place to be in examination mode within ourselves and to work our skills to see where we and others may be coming from at a given time and "adjust" along the way. A teacher many years ago said to a class I was in "adjust your lenses to a wider view and take it all in." Our lenses change over time as do our experiences and life and I can appreciate a wider view.
As theologians, we are in the state at this time of interpreting from our understanding point, correlating what  affects one has on the other and assessing the value of each lesson and experience along the way.