Joy is a meeting place, of deep intentionality and of self forgetting, the bodily alchemy of what lies inside us in communion with what formally seemed outside, but is now neither, but become a living frontier, a voice speaking between us and the world: dance, laughter, affection, skin touching skin, singing in the car, music in the kitchen, the quiet irreplaceable and companionable presence of a daughter: the sheer intoxicating beauty of the world inhabited as an edge between what we previously thought was us and what we thought was other than us.
~ David Whyte
Notes:
- For Rachel, on your Birthday today.
- Sources: Poem/Quote – Thank you Makebelieveboutique.com. Photograph: dpf.peter. Tofino, BC, Canada — Image by © Henry Georgi/Wave/Corbis
Happy birthday, Rachel.
Thanks for sharing Anneli.
What a wonderful bond….
It is Lori…
lovely )
It is Beth.
as a Mother of 2 beautiful daughters, I simply love this…
Michelle, you are blessed with 2 – Magic!
Yes I am!
Perfect!
It is!
Yes…I know that feeling well…and now I’m experiencing the quiet irreplaceable and companionable presence of a precious and beautiful granddaughter. Happy Birthday to your daughter…I know the place she holds in your heart. Life is something isn’t it? When it fills us with so much love.
Awwww, so true Carol. Btw, you must have had your daughter when you were young. Being a Grand mom at 35 is amazing!
Yes, happy birthday to your daughter David!
There’s nothing like the special bond between father and daughter, especially for those of us who are blessed with deep bonding, as I am with my dad. I don’t know when it got so good, but at 55 and 82, 3,000 miles apart, we are closer than at any previous time in our lives.
Thank you Debra. So glad to learn of your relationship with your Dad.
Happy Birthday to your daughter. My daughter is always a magic gift.
Thank you. She is magic…
Absolutely beautiful a fathers love for his precious daughter, wonderful 🙂
It really is. I agree…
I love being a mum! We have 2 daughter and 4 sons and they all make life the most incredible place to be 🙂
God bless you lots, have a great weekend 🙂
6 children. Wow. You are a saint!
I like to think so, lol 🙂
Sadly they are all grown up now, 3 are happily married, 1 is at Uni, we only have 2 of them still at home!! I miss the noise and the laughter. It has been and continues to be my great honour to be their mum 🙂
Wonderful!
Well! Iim balling my eyes out over this one, thinking of my Dad and hoping that he loves me as deeply as I do him, thankyou for this…its been a crazy day ere in Dawnys world and I needed these very words…Luv Dawny 🙂
Awwww, thanks for sharing Dawny
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I have daughters … amen.
🙂 Thanks John.
As a father to a 3 (almost 4, she often reminds me) I understand completely. I try my best to cherish every moment, every laugh, every tear. Thank you for the post and may her birthday be the bomb!
Thank you. 3 to 13 to 23 is an eyeblink. Enjoy it all!
The same could be said about a grandchild…in my case, a grandson. There is something magical, special, remarkable about a relationship like this. We are blessed!
Yes Claudia. So true!
Happy birthday, Rachel!
🙂 thanks Minda
Daughters are lively ..they constantly make everyone notice..life is all about dreaming reality
Yes…yes!
🙂
beautiful and touching.
Agree Vicki….
This is absolutely beautiful–not just the daughter stuff, but the blurring of self, losing the sense of our edge in the presence of wonder.
It is Sandy. All of it.
I can totally relate, being a mom with a lovely daughter and having an awesome relationship with my Dad, who by the way celebrated his 80th birthday on July 10th.
“Belated Happy Birthday Rachel”
Thanks Bim!
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