Day 134

I have a lot of things running through my head right now and I’m tired, so I’m going to let Mary Oliver do the talking today. I think these two selections provide a snapshot of the chaos (mostly the good kind) going on in my head right now.

I DID THINK, LET’S GO ABOUT THIS SLOWLY

I did think, let’s go about this slowly.
This is important. This should take
some really deep thought. We should take
small thoughtful steps.

But, bless us, we didn’t.

Mary Oliver

IN BLACKWATER WOODS (EXCERPT)

To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

Mary Oliver