I am losing precious days.
I am degenerating into a machine for making money.
I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men.
I must break away
and get out into the mountains
to learn the news.
~ John Muir (1838-1914)
Credits: Image – youreyesblazeout. Quote: Explore-Everywhere
That is so relaxing, soothing, refreshing, to watch those flowers flying away, seemingly pumped out of her hands, and combats the sentiments in the first part of the poem. The poem sums up how I feel at present! Where is that mountain path….
I agree! When you find it, please send me the map. )
Ha ha !
I like the “When…”
If I get to the “When” then of course I will send the map!
(thanks for the smile!)
Deal!
😀
Incredibly prescient, no?
It is Lori…and just under 100 years ago.
David: In case you haven’t noticed, there is a definite theme running through your blogs! ;>) 😉
Smiling. Yes John. Yes. 🙂
Such a trivial world!
:)…
Good one, David. “Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
Love it Sylvia, thanks for sharing.
Don’t let it slip away – especially since you know it. You’re on your path David…and you have filled it with so much more than you realize.
Thank you Mimi
Great Friday Quote!!!
It is Sheri. Agree… 🙂
Over a century since he wrote those words, yet we seem to have learned or improved little. Like miners at the rock face, we toil away seeking, if not yearning for, an elusive vein of precious matter to signify our existence. Why do we still find it so difficult to understand that the meaningful moments in life, those that truly enrich us, are found away from the rock face.
I read your comment yesterday and it stuck with me all day Stephen. Yes, still banging on the rock face…knowing that the enrichment is elsewhere.
head there as soon as possible )
Yes!
Mm.. fascinating poem!! 🙂 And what a gorgeous gif too, goes so well with that poem! Thanks for the link to the image, I’ve bookmarked for a reblog on Tumblr! 😀
Thanks Suzy. Yes, Michael’s tumblr blog is fantastic
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I know I’m not rich enough like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to say this but I really feel there is more to life than all the materialistic things I am seeking. Every time you accomplish something you already have something else on your list as the next target. I started having a feeling that it’s never going to end this way and I really need and long for a long term purpose unlike the ones I have been working on. I hope I get an inspiration before it’s too late. Thanks for all the inspirations David and I am looking forward for more.
Thank you Sonia. Each of us learns this lesson at a different time. And needs to before its time.