Lightly child, lightly.

~ Live & Learn

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I may become, in time, slightly more eccentric all the time. I may begin to wear outlandish hats, feathered and sequinned and rosetted, …. And all the kids will laugh, and I’ll laugh, too, in time. I will be light and straight as any feather. The wind will bear me, and I will drift and settle, and drift and settle. Anything may happen, where I’m going.

– Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God

Notes:

  • Photo: Mike Pants (don’t miss the other shots)
  • 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.”

 

27 thoughts on “Lightly child, lightly.”

  8. What Sandy Sue said…and add in a hearty dose of free and ever increasing authenticity.

    And,, I re-read what you wrote as the inspiration for these “lightly” posts and it just resonates with me. I read that and realize I’ve been moving (slowly) in that direction and it jives with my ‘less is more’ value. Thanks!

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  9. … “And all the kids will laugh, and I’ll laugh, too, in time. I will be light and straight as any feather.She sounds, charming, true to herself & fun, like the spunky, girl, Romona Quimby the protagonist, in the Beverly Cleary’s children books.

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