After I had looked for a while at that daffodil before I got up,
I asked myself the question,
“What do you want of your life?”
and I realized with a start of recognition and terror,
“Exactly what I have— but to be commensurate, to handle it all better.”
– May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
Notes:
- Image by Yakovlev via Mennyfox55
- Related posts: May Sarton
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‘with recognition and terror.’ a wakeup call to find balance.
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Great quote, David.
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Excellent. And that picture…what a great capture ! ☺
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Yes, loved both too Van.
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Wow, I love this! One of your loyal followers, I think it was Lori, said she was starting the new year by writing three things she is grateful for in a journal every morning. I started doing the same thing and it really provides me with perspective.
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It *was* me, Carolann, and I’m so glad that you’re finding it enlightening as well. Amazing what such a small action can foster, no? Great post and photo, DK!
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It was Lori. She brings it…
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Heigh-ho ….. Some do, some don’t!!
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That goes with, “Vee get too soon oldt und too late schmardt.”
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Laughing. Yes.
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Ahhh…to be able to bend like that…it’s much easier to learn from the poem…thank you!
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Smiling. It is easier to learn from the poem….
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Lay me down and walk over my forehead but never, never, ever read my mind. Again…
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Still smiling from your last comment. You are rollin’. Love it.
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I think my brain is broken this morning. This is the third blog post I have read where I cannot make heads of tails of the content. I read this sentence three times “After I had looked for a while at that daffodil before I got up,” trying to figure out its relationship to the beautiful image and the rest of the quotation. And, nothing. I’ve got nothing.
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Laughing. I thought about clipping out the daffodil sentence but it was so evocative, I couldn’t do it.
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