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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, January 13, 2004
Don't Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story
One of the advantages of writing is that it provides an opportunity to rewrite our lives. Those times when we think about what we should have said after the fact and the changes we'd like to have had happen can turn out just the way we want them to. With that in mind, I'm going to revise a conversation I had recently by adding a last line of what I wish I'd said, instead of being silent.
Me: I don't think I'll mention that except to people who really care.
He: Well, that would be a short list!
Me: Hey! There are a lot of people who care about me.
He: Well, maybe not you personally but when it gets down to people who really care, that would be ourselves and those economically dependent on us.
Me: That's a cynical attitude.
He: A realistic one.
Me: I'll just stick with being an idealist.
10:22:00 PM
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