Lightly child, lightly

simon-birch-painting-motion

“Was it hard?” I ask.
Letting go?”
Not as hard as
holding on to something
that wasn’t real.

― Lisa Schroeder


Notes:

  • Image Source: Simon Birch artist via ufunk.net and mennyfox55
  • Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
  • Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”

19 thoughts on “Lightly child, lightly”

    1. our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side…we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life.”

      ~ Jeff Bridges

  1. So true David! You drive thought stimulation this morning – but why do so many hold tight to what one cannot see? Hold to what will not be? Hold to what? Does faith now enter in? If it becomes faith then where does one place it? What is the criteria for faith? …

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