I said, I like my life. If I
have to give it back, if they
take it from me, let me
not feel I wasted any, let me
not feel…that I forgot
to give what I held in my hands,
that I forgot to do some little
piece of the work that wanted
to come through…
~ Marge Piercy, excerpt from “If They Come in the Night”, Circles on the Water: Selected Poems
Notes: Poem – Thank you Beth at Alive on all Channels, Photo: Adeline Spengler, The Jump Touch the Sky, 2013 (via newthom)
Tudo no ar ou flutua… Belíssimo!!!
It does. Now to get my body up to float like that too!
Part of my every morning-sitting with my gratitude, hope & fervent hope that I treasure this life in total.
Yes….
WMS! I, too, try to take a few moments each day and record three things for which I’m grateful. I find that this simple exercise reframes my outlook significantly…small investment, big outcome. ☺️
Some how I think your recorded three things and the content describing mine would be akin to crayon and fountain pen.
I beg to differ, my friend. You wield a fountain pen on a regular basis here….
Smiling. Ms. Grace. All the time.
Me riding the crayon of course
“… of the work that wanted to come through me.”
I’m loving the concept. So, it is all work that wants to come through me? Hhhmm
Apparently, it’s bursting.
It’s been a long day
Not feeling anything coming through :/
If any man cannot grasp this matter, let him be idle and the matter will grasp him.
– Heinrich Suso, The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons (Palest Press, June 1, 1989))
i try to remember…
I like my life, too. All of it. 💘
Me too Van.
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I like my life …..
Love this, David!
Hi Roseanne. This hit me the same way. Wonderful.
Nothing is wasted, love it or unlike it.
That’s it…..
I always say that if given the chance to do over, I’d make the same decisions I made throughout my life. A tweak here and there, but I’ve come out pretty happy, landing on my feet with good family and good friends. I hope you have too.
I’m squarely in same place as you are Claudia. Same exact place.
Loved reading the comments and your replies, David… especially Claudia’s comment.
So many ups and downs we experience through life; but, if we can say, except for a tweak here and there the result is pretty good ~ we are doing OK, for sure… 🙂
xoxoxo
Thanks Carolyn. Yes, all pretty good, all the time.
The image, future Olympian, I think.
Goofed that comment… I am of course referring to the person in the image
Of course!