The secret
Of this journey is to let the wind
Blow its dust all over your body,
To let it go on blowing, to step lightly, lightly
– James Wright, from “The Journey,” Above the River: The Complete Poems and Selected Prose
Notes:
- Photo: Ali Ihsan Ozturk, wsj.com. Quote: Memory’s Landscape
- 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.”
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Love the passage and the photo that accompanies it, DK.
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Me too Lori. Thank you.
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Words to live by. xo
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They are.
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and we become dust ourselves one day
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let’s hope not for a long time
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ksbeth’s comment made me think of one of my favorite sad songs by Kansas…
Now don’t hang on
Nothin’ last forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won’t another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
(All we are is dust in the wind)
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Ahhh, what a tune…amazing…
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Step lightly …always step lightly!!
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The wind blows dust on our body and that cleanses us too, after a good exfoliating scrub. Let ‘Er blow.
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Exfoliating Scrub. Love that!
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I cannot even begin to say how much I love this photo. It’s not letting access the source. What is this photo? I can see sheep? I think they’re sheep
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Shepherds move sheep during sunset in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkey.
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I knew it. I could smell home in it. Thank you 🙂
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