Fri 8 Feb 2013
Squander it all!
Hold nothing back.
The heart’s a deep well.
And when it’s empty,
It will fill again.
~ Gregory Orr, from How Beautiful the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2009)
Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world.
Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings
roll along, watch how they open and close, how they
invite you to the long party that your life is.
~ William Stafford, from “A Valley Like This” from Even in Quiet Places
February 8th, 2013 at 6:14 am
“the long party that your life is.” I like that. It reminds me that this moment is only a small part of the beautiful whole.
February 8th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
and confusing and poignant and everything whole…..
February 8th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Here’s another …..
Detail of the Hayfield
by Richard Siken
I followed myself for a long while, deep into the field.
Two heads full of garbage.
Our scope was larger than I realized,
which only made me that much more responsible.
Yellow, yellow, gold, and ocher.
We stopped. We held the field. We stood very still.
Everyone needs a place.
You need it for the moment you need it, then you
bless it–
thank you soup, thank you flashlight–
and move on. Who does this? No one.
February 9th, 2013 at 5:16 am
and this….
“With a broken heart, you see how vast your longing for love is and, simultaneously, how impossible it is to make love safe. It’s just not possible. So what do you do with these two truths? No one can tell you how to reconcile them. Figuring it out is your path.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-piver/buddhism-and-relationship_b_556769.html