Journey with me as I muse about life. Each new day will yawn whether you're ready or not, so you might as well make the best of what comes your way.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
From Passage to India
Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee,
and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet
dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
O my brave soul!
O farther farther sail!
O daring joy, but safe! are they not all the
seas of God?
~Walt Whitman
On Loving That Which is Not Yet Tame
"What does that mean - 'tame'?"
asked the little prince
"It means to establish ties.
One only understands things that one tames.
Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made up at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends anymore. If you want a friend, tame me.."
said the fox.
"What must I do to tame you?" asked the little price.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me - like that - in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."
Exerpt taken from
~ The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
And so it was with the girl and her swans.
Each morning, as the dawn of a new day yawned
at the mouth of the river
right at
the very point
where the river spilled into Long Island Sound.
The girl was there to greet all that was good.
The sun and the scent of the marsh
the ebb and the flow of the water
as it breathed like the rest of us.
She also greeted the swans.
They danced in the
shadow
and in the
light
of each new day.
Others cautioned her to let them be.
She did not listen
she only loved the two even more.
The dance continued
day in
and
day out.
Each day, she got a little closer
Before long,
they knew her voice
and she could tell the two
apart from one another.
Then one day
in a gesture of trust,
he ate from her hand
and the taming
had begun.
It was not only the taming
of the beautiful creature
known as a swan.
It was also
the taming
of her heart.
When the cygnets came in the springtime
they too learned that trust
was a good thing.
It's Nice
It's nice to have a week off... to spend time cycling and getting out in the fresh air. It is wonderful to be able to explore trails - hunting for arrowheads, salamanders and other outdoor treasures. My mom was visiting recently, and I don't get to see her as often as I'd like. We talk almost every day, but that's not the same as having her here.
One night during her visit, as I was giving my mom a hug and a kiss goodnight, I realized that I really had to bend in order to kiss her. I stood up and looked at her. All of a sudden, she seemed almost, well, almost tiny!
"Mom. Are you shrinking?" I asked. I looked at her again. Yes, she seemed shorter. I don't know how that could be possible, but she really did seem shorter. She looked at me and laughed. "Yes, I'm shrinking. I've already lost 2 1/2 inches." I stared at her in disbelief and then chuckled. It was nice having her here, and spending moments like that one with her.
One night during her visit, as I was giving my mom a hug and a kiss goodnight, I realized that I really had to bend in order to kiss her. I stood up and looked at her. All of a sudden, she seemed almost, well, almost tiny!
"Mom. Are you shrinking?" I asked. I looked at her again. Yes, she seemed shorter. I don't know how that could be possible, but she really did seem shorter. She looked at me and laughed. "Yes, I'm shrinking. I've already lost 2 1/2 inches." I stared at her in disbelief and then chuckled. It was nice having her here, and spending moments like that one with her.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Clarity
Sometimes that which is off in a distance
is so clear
While the foreground is slightly
out
of
focus
How can that be?
Is that even balanced?
Well,
maybe it is balanced-
Especially if the goal is so clear.
Life is about knowing
when to look ahead
trusting that the clarity
is really your truth-
NOT in worrying
that
it
is merely
a mirage.
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