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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 29, 2004
Technical Difficulties
Comcast had problems today, so we had no connection for the internet and email all afternoon and into the night. It also affected the cable TV channels. The local ones were a little fuzzy, and all of the cable channels didn't function - just snow. Fortunately, I could still watch the Olympics. Not sure what I'll do now other than have Olympics withdrawal. Then to make matters worse, the Republican Convention will be on. If there isn't any more coverage of it than there was the Democratic Convention, it will barely be on. I do plan to watch some of it even though the speakers (Guiliani, Arnold, and McCain) don't represent the actions of the ones running things and platform of the party. That's an advantage actually for me to listen to until I think about how they are manipulating all those one-issue, misguided people to vote against their own best interests. I watched the DNC on public TV, CSPAN, and MSNBC, and not FOX where I will be certain not to watch the RNC. I'll probably watch C-SPAN. They don't interrupt the speeches with so many commentaries and show entire speeches, not the sound bites chosen by some.
It's come to my attention (not by others but myself) that I've become a curmudgeon. Now I don't like that Coca-cola commercial with the too-sweet singer with the Stepford smile giving out Cokes to people on the street. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. She sings, "I wish I could show all the love in my heart." Now that's a nice message. What's wrong with me? Earl said I was on the wrong medication.
10:51:00 PM
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