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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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Sunday, August 31, 2003
CHS Class of '36
Mother and I went to her sister Mae's high school reunion yesterday. The Class of '36 from Charlotte High School meets annually for lunch now. Mae has gone for the past few years but didn't attend this time. It was really fun. Two of my high school teachers were there as well as an ex-relative. Daddy's older brother was also in that class. I saw several people there I enjoy conversations with and had a good time. I'm looking forward to being there next year.
We have a good time at our reunions and have mellowed out into a mix of the present while catching up and some nostalgia for our high school experiences. I enjoyed high school but not as much as I did college. I haven't been out of school except for those years before I started, the three years after I had Brian, and last year. I'm looking forward to a life with no bells, longer than half an hour for lunch, not being responsible for the behavior of others, and no papers to grade!
9:31:00 AM
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