Monday, October 5, 2009

Fragment

From In Blackwater Woods, by Mary Oliver:

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.
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5 comments:

  1. alaine@éclectiqueOctober 5, 2009 at 1:00 PM

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  2. FoxessaOctober 5, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    One of the lovely places to let go.

    Love, C.

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  3. tearful dishwasherOctober 5, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    Yes. Yes.


    A thousand times, yes.



    You know loss as well as any, I know. I honor what you've come to know and how you bear it.




    We are all bound for the same destination.



    Bless you for your sweetness and your strength.


    yrs-

    tearful

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  4. Kat MortensenOctober 6, 2009 at 5:24 AM

    That IS the hard part, letting go.

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  5. linda anaOctober 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    Dear T and family...

    This sharing was beautiful. I respect and love you all sooo much.

    Carino, Linda ana

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