Tuesday, June 15, 2010

When the Roses Speak, I Pay Attention.

"As long as we are able to
be extravagant we will be
hugely and damply
extravagant*. Then we will drop
foil by foil to the ground. This
is our unalterable task, and we do it
joyfully."

And they went on. "Listen,
the heart-shackles are not, as you think,
death, illness, pain,
unrequited hope, not loneliness, but

lassitude, rue, vainglory, fear, anxiety,
selfishness."

Their fragrance all the while rising
from their blind bodies, making me
spin with joy.

-Mary Oliver
Emphasis' sooo mine.

THIS WAS SO TIMELY I cannot even tell you. Oh Lord, write it on my heart...
"the heart-shackles are not, as you think."

*"Freely you have received; freely give..."
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1 comment:

Rach said...

Wow. so timely, you are right. Gosh I need this. And you. Lets hang out for reals tonight and I won't be lazy and sick.

June 16, 2010 at 7:00 AM

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