So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.
— Rainbow Rowell, Attachments (Published April 14th 2011 by Dutton)
Notes:
- Photo: DK: Woodland Park, Darien, CT Oct 28, 2020.
- Quote Source: Extraordinary Routines.
- 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.”
Live & Learn 
slowly and naturally
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Sounds like a good plan.
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great catch!
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And what if this good thing (encountering something held firmly between heaven and earth by the finest strand) for you to hold lightly and add to your pile, was not accidental but, rather, Providential from the beginning of man’s time?
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Wow. Deep. Had to read that 3x. Comment of the Day!
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Love this analogy. so good.
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Can’t get over this leaf hanging by a spider web thread. Metaphor for life at times.
❤
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Yep. Walked right through it and it didn’t rip. Meant for me to stop and admire I guess.
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Smiling…
I can almost visualize this. You almost walking through it!
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…and then almost walked through it when I backed up…somewhere between knucklehead and clueless.
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Laughing…
“There will be no comets now,
no pointing star to lead you where you know you must go.
Look for smaller signs instead, the fine
disturbances of ordered things when suddenly
the rhythms of your expectation break
and in a moment’s pause another world
reveals itself behind the ordinary.
And one small detail out of place will be
enough to let you know: a missing ring,
a breath, a footfall or a sudden breeze,
a crack of light beneath a darkened door.”
~ Dana Gioia
Or like someone said earlier,
” …something held firmly between heaven and earth by the finest strand, for you to hold Lightly!”
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I’ll send you (on WApp or mail) a very similar photo I took. I use it for condolency cards occasionally…
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Comment was for Sawsan
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And what if… the art of piling on good things is possible through mastering the art of letting go of the things not needed in the pile?
Hmmm…. It’s that discernment thingie that stimies me some days! 🙂
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Louise, deep as always….. (sorry, just piped in as I found myself on this site)
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So much wisdom!
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Ahhh… it’s that lived experience thingie. 🙂
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Step by step!! … “One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.” Rainbow Rowell, Attachments (Published April 14th 2011 by Dutton).
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Here too. Raking leaves today.
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Raining sheets here….
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We get our share of that too. Escaped it today.
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seems a bit easier than other approaches…
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Ha, isn’t that the truth….
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Profoundness in a few sentences is a magical gift, David. Thank you! Cher xo
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It is. Thanks Cher
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😊
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There is nothing to solve. So much to embrace. Keep embracing Dave 💛
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Oh there sure is Val. Thanks.
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Beautiful moment captured. At some point all of us are just hanging by a thread 💕
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So true Karen.
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reminds me of … to become as little children. Anyone still in touch with little children knows how open they are to anything… they brighten and welcome so istantly!
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So wonderful isn’t it!
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