You thought the happiness
would appear simply, without effort
or any kind of work,
like a bird call
or a pathside flower
or a school of silvery fish
– Margaret Atwood, from “Your Children Cut Their Hands…” in “The Door”
Notes:
- Poem: via Adrasteiax; Photo: Noell Oszvald with The illumination (via see more)
- 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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Yes there is work to do. Love her writing.
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She’s something.
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MA tells it like it is!
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She does!
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She never cuts you any slack!
Used to read everything by her, but she makes me feel depressed so stopped…. I know My Loss, but I‘ll have to live with it.
Stupendous marriage of text and photo. Bravo
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!!!!!
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and some wait forever for it it knock on their door
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And some how miss even those flashes of mica
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Ah, but for those times when a school of fish or a bird’s trill are happiness itself
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So true.
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Agree with Kiki, great photo with post.
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
NOT REALLY!! … ‘You thought the happiness would appear simply, without effort or any kind of work … ‘ Margaret Atwood, from “Your Children Cut Their Hands…” in “The Door”
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Truth!
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‘Tis foolish indeed to simply wait. Sometimes all you need is a little step, but step you must!
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Step Step Step forward!
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