TGIF (with a bonus F for France?!?)....
Today I am trusting. Period. This morning I had to stop myself for just a moment, reminding kinda crazy me that I'm awfully good at making up stories and that I have to trust that things will be what they are supposed to be-nothing more, nothing less.
Today I am grateful for the vacation that is winding down. It's had some interesting moments (always learning, always) but it's been tremendous to be away and to see some places that are almost beyond description. Although I'm still not entirely enamored with Paris because of the big city thing and the fact that I don't do that well, France has been wonderful.
Today I am inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. A friend with a similar passion for literature and words reminded me today of her poem "Peonies".
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
to break my heart
as the sun rises,
as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers
and they open ---
pools of lace,
white and pink ---
and all day the black ants climb over them,
boring their deep and mysterious holes
into the curls,
craving the sweet sap,
taking it away
to their dark, underground cities ---
and all day
under the shifty wind,
as in a dance to the great wedding,
the flowers bend their bright bodies,
and tip their fragrance to the air,
and rise,
their red stems holding
all that dampness and recklessness
gladly and lightly,
and there it is again ---
beauty the brave, the exemplary,
blazing open.
Do you love this world?
Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?
Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden,
and softly,
and exclaiming of their dearness,
fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,
with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,
their eagerness
to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are
nothing, forever?
Eagerness to be wild and perfect for a moment. I think that's all I really want from this life......
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