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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, January 01, 2003
Happy New Year!
I used to be superstitious and think that what I was doing on New Year's influenced the rest of the year. Experience has proven otherwise, but just to be safe, I did eat black-eyed peas - unlike last year when it snowed and prevented my going to Mother's and didn't have any here to cook. Butch, Janelle, and I ate with Mother and then talked about class trips, among other things. That led to getting out the yearbooks to jog our memories. Mother and I commented on how no one was fat in the whole school. Now the US leads the world in obesity. All those decades ago we played outside, ate real food, and didn't have junk food around. Since the diet business is really lucrative, I wonder if all that diet food makes people fatter. We know the fast food places definitely contribute as well as inactivity in front of the TV and computer (where I am now). I really like gadgets and conveniences and don't think it was Utopia in the 50's. There were lots of good things about our lives then and have been since. I blame over-population for most of our problems and am working on a way to find a connection with obesity.
9:50:00 PM
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