Everyday
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for —
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world —
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant —
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these —
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
— Mary Oliver, from “Mindful” in Why I Wake Early.
Notes:
- Photo: DK @ 6:03 a.m. this morning. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. 47F. More photos from this morning here.
- Mary Oliver via Alive on All Channels
Live & Learn 
On the other hand, you get up early because you can’t sleep.
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Yes!!!
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TRUTH!
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Your fabulous photos are ethereal – like something out of this world 🙏🙂
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Thank you Simon!
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A perfect pairing of word and image, as always…🥰🥰
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Thank you Lori.
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I don’t know how much wiser I/we are for your pics, poetry and posts… but I do know that it’s a daily dose of delightful dalliance with the divine through Davidic deliverances.
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Awww. Thank you Daniel!
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The colours are so peaceful and as others say ethereal ☺️💫sending joy hedy
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They were Hedy. Thank you.
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Your welcome ☺️🕊
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beautiful words to go with a beautiful photo…
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Thank you Jim
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…and because you can’t sleep…. But look what you do with that predicament! What a healthy and creative choice for finding sleep and peace to be elusive! Akin to Mary, you: “Everyday
I see or hear something” with the coming light and generously share it with us!
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Love your wonderful spin on my insomnia! Thanks!
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Read a BBC newsletter article on how people have been sleeping “in two sleeps” for millennia. So, maybe you are not as much of an outlier as you thought….
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Well that’s comforting. I’m more closely aligned to the Neanderthal Man than current humans!
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We do not really know if humans were less evolved (or maybe MORE!) many thousands of years ago! (……..???……….)
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Lately it’s hard to argue with that!
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Indeed…all of the comments that got posted before mine…so I’ll say ‘amen.’
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Thank you Mimi.
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Well worth getting up early for.
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Sure is. So are the deep early afternoon naps! 😀
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Yup!
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Absolutely!!!
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Beautiful. ‘It was what I was born for —
to look, to listen,’ and to read and to learn, indeed.
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Agree Indira!
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