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| May 30, 2024 |
How could I not get up and out
after all it’s not 30 below,
I have a beautiful pink umbrella
and a green rain jacket
but that may not be necessary
because snow is falling ~
melting before it hits the ground
sifting thro' waving green leaves
flat grey skies hover over the evening.
How could I not get up and out?!
“There should be a rule against your own inner monologue
throwing around that much sarcasm.”
~ Jim Butcher, Ghost Story
In the spaces between
family name
schools
group membership
we live alone
to know ourselves.
To belong to the wider world
fills us with vulnerability.
In groups of family or friends
we risk being lost.
Lost in
ideas,
opinions
beliefs
image
until we know that
belonging begins in
the silence of in-between.
“Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.”
~ Tara Brach, psychologist
one of those days
heavy
sluggish
With a to-do list
not so long
nothing earth shattering
clutter and numbers to deal with
But on one of these days
when I want to push it all aside
I begin with breakfast and a nap
‘til a fragile bit of energy
lets me address the numbers
the clutter much later …………
“The most radical act is sometimes to refuse to be hurried.”
~ Lawrence Nault, Canadian author and filmmaker
