Some days are like this:
you can’t move.
Can’t be moved.
What growth there is, is imperceptible.
A slow efflorescence.
— Thomas Centolella, from “Setsubun”, in Terra Firma
Notes:
- Poem: Thank you Astonishments. Photo: Julien Magre in Fisheye Magazine (via Mennyfox55)
- Definition of “Efflorescence“: the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower: Blossoming
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yes…..
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Yes it’s beautiful, subtle, gradual and cannot be seen; only felt 🙏🏻
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Yes!
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I am often that way after a stressful day at work. Sometimes all I can do is sit and revel in the fact that I’ve lived another day.
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Me too!
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Nudging the unmovable mover?
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Well said!
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And how I feel I’ll be tomorrow after having driven 7 hours from Brooklyn to home tonight…
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You drove! Have a safe drip Dale!
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Thank you, David. I was already home when I responded 😉 There will be a little “nod” to you in my retelling of….😁
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🙂
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not all days are the same …that is me on a Monday one of the longest days that i always experience
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They are not all the same (thankfully!)
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That’s in a few words my week ….. and I am no longer in the working-process (and yet cannot tell just HOW full every day of my life is….)
a most beautiful pairing
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That’s so great! Good Full days – it doesn’t get better than that Kiki.
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