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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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Monday, January 27, 2003
Gathering Dust
Now that I can get out of my neighborhood again, I'm getting some things accomplished. I realize that shouldn't keep me from improving my immediate environment - I'm attempting to use phrases other than "cleaning my house," "organizing and arranging things," "clearing out clutter," and "bringing in a bulldozer." It shouldn't, but it does. After all those years of teaching and wishing for snow days, when they come now, I still feel as if I'm off and have a free day. Yes, even I see the irony in this line of thinking. I call it ironic, you call it illogical. Semantics! It's difficult to do less than nothing, but as you noticed, I managed that. No blog! Nothing! I took sloth to a new level. But not today! So far, so good! More yet to accomplish! I still haven't managed to go to bed and get up early. Early to me is around 7:00 or 7:30. It makes me physically ill to think about having to get up before 6:30 and always has. This is why it was hard for me to get to school early. Staying later in the afternoon was never a problem though. I like night.
12:14:00 PM
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