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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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Tuesday, April 08, 2003
Joy Mitty
As my friends know, I have a rich fantasy life. Some of them are as real to me as they can possibly be without really happening. As Jeff Goldblum's character in The Big Chill said about rationalizations, try getting through a day without one. Some of my fantasies come true, and I never have any trouble acting "as if" they could happen. Occasionally others join my fantasies and believe in them too. My category on the personality type inventory is Champion Idealist which explains a lot. We discussed that on here before and how the Myers-Briggs and Kiersey Temperament Sorter are quite accurate descriptions of us. So when I make my acceptance speech for an Oscar, know how many times I've worked on my speech. When I'm on a book-signing tour, I've visualized myself there. When I live in my dream house, I've decorated the rooms and already had company there. When I have someone to share my life, I've wished him, too. If none of this happens in reality, it's given my mind something to do and kept parts of it busy.
11:29:00 AM
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