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
‘with recognition and terror.’ a wakeup call to find balance.
Great quote, David.
Excellent. And that picture…what a great capture ! ☺
Yes, loved both too Van.
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.
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!
It was Lori. She brings it…
Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Heigh-ho ….. Some do, some don’t!!
That goes with, “Vee get too soon oldt und too late schmardt.”
Laughing. Yes.
Ahhh…to be able to bend like that…it’s much easier to learn from the poem…thank you!
Smiling. It is easier to learn from the poem….
Lay me down and walk over my forehead but never, never, ever read my mind. Again…
Still smiling from your last comment. You are rollin’. Love it.
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.
Laughing. I thought about clipping out the daffodil sentence but it was so evocative, I couldn’t do it.