"What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet."
~Hopkins A full life. That is what I have experienced so far. Two daughters, one grandchild and a breast pocket full of memories, close to my heart. I have known the deepest love and happiness and also the darkest death and despair. The grand balance, I suppose. There are times when I remember specific life moments with such clarity that it blinds the sun and other times when I prefer they fade away into the gray zone. Witnessing my parents slowly pass with physical and cognitive decline, I wonder if I shall inherit such a fate. Wondering about such things really shouldn’t be an occupation…things will happen when they happen and not one minute sooner.
That is the way of things. “Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to miss out on the beauty of the miracle that is the now. All of this is yours, yet none of it is. How could it be? Look around you. Everything is fleeting. To love and let go, love and let go, love and let go...it's the single most important thing we can learn in this lifetime.” ~Rachel Brathen “You hear the sound of water… And that’s quite as important as anything I’ve got to say.”
~Alan Watts “This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life.
~Rumi No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away Paul Simon |
April 2024
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