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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, April 18, 2004
Bed
I watched Something's Gotta Give last night (told you I was behind on my movie watching), and Diane Keaton's character explained that she'd figured out the secret to sleeping alone - to sleep in the middle and not have a side of the bed because it seemed silly to have a side when no else slept there. Jack Nicholson's character told about how different it was to sleep with someone and to have sex with them and that he preferred to sleep alone. It made me think about this. I've never quite gotten the hang of sleeping with anyone and have been aware of their being in bed with me to the point of distraction sometimes - especially if snoring were involved. There have been rare times I felt comfortable enough to sleep well and be comfortable and relaxed with someone but have slept by myself most of my life (unless cats count). Actually I like to sleep alone but slept on "my side of the bed" for a long time after my divorce. I remember thinking that I didn't have to have a side and could sleep anywhere on my queen-sized bed I wanted to and have been sleeping in the middle for quite a while now. I move around and have finally claimed the whole bed.
5:11:00 PM
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