— Ono No Komachi, tr. by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Oratani, from The Ink Dark Moon Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu
Notes:
- Photo: DK, Daybreak. 7:02 am. Jan 28, 2020. 26° F, feels like 15° F, wind gusts up to 26 mph. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT.
- Quote Source: Feral-ballad
- 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 
What a great Huxley-quote! Thanks for sharing
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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It is! Thank you!
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Ahhh, that is exquisite, pal….
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Thank you Lori.
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“What I want from the river is what I always want:
to be held by a stronger thing that, in the end, chooses mercy”
~ Oliver Baez Bendorf
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Ah, that’s very nice.
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Love that Sawsan!
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It so happened that I had just seen this. Right before seeing your post.
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Karma Truck.
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The universe is trying to tell me something…
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
I’ll follow … “Photo: DK, Daybreak. 7:02 am. Jan 28, 2020. 26° F, feels like 15° F, wind gusts up to 26 mph. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT.”
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Sighing. Breathing. Floating.
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Smiling. So good.
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“This body grown fragile” – what a powerful phrase. What relief. I can feel myself floating.
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Yes. So me too Carrie.
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easy to float along
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Nodding….
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Loved the imagery and the verse.
What is that which makes us rudderless at times? What is the state of mind which keeps us bereft of intention?
Shakti
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That is a Big Question, that I wish I had the answer to.
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Would you care to delve into that?
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