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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Happy Thanksgiving
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- Elie Wiesel
We have so much to be grateful for. I'm thankful for the love of and for family and friends and also for the awaited grandson, my home, a rewarding career, students and co-workers who have enriched my life, being able to take sick leave, enjoyment of words and thoughts, laughter, a mind that works pretty well most of the time, improved health, spiritual growth, having options, curiosity, a warped sense of humor, knowing there is more to life than what we see, not being afraid of death but glad it wasn't my time, being told I made a difference, chocolate, fall leaves, good writing, TV, my phone with all the gadgets, electricity (I learned during the ice storm that almost everything I like to do involves electricity), that said - my gas log fireplace which is on now, music, and all the pleasures of life and living.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!! Thank you for being here and for all your prayers, emails, comments, and healing thoughts. Thanks so much for those turkey ideas. I really like turkey sandwiches and am going to try some of these suggestions. I'm going to ask for cooking ideas more often. I like getting them and am out of practice. Maybe I'll have people over to eat if I get enough of them. Hint, hint!! As it is now, I can have you over for chili.
By the way, didn't it occur to Nicholas Cage that anyone who had been married to Michael Jackson just might not be a good candidate for him to marry? Could anyone possibly be weirder than Michael Jackson? Lisa Marie has always been a mystery, but there are clues even for those of us who never met her.
2:02:00 PM
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