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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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Monday, October 11, 2004
Ahh, Fall Break!
I had a totally slacker day yesterday and enjoyed every minute. I slept late, didn't shower, wore totally comfortable clothes, and did nothing but surf the web, watch TV, and rest. Only ice cream would have made it better. I slept late again today and feel relaxed at last.
Superman
It was so sad to hear about Christopher Reeve's death. He certainly brought attention to spinal cord injuries and has been an inspiration.
Greed and Power
I know that companies need to make money but at what cost to others? Because the profit margin wasn't large enough, major drug companies aren't manufacturing the flu vaccines. Now for various reasons, there aren't enough. I wasn't planning to get one anyway since the one I had last year wasn't covered by the flu shot, but I'm probably in a group to get one. I'd just rather not. There are people who need them who will die from the flu now. I totally understand that pharmaceutical companies need to make profits in order to fund research. What they do is important and necessary. There are also many attempts that don't work and that it's expensive and a loss when they don't. They saved my life even though the chemo almost killed me, too.
I also believe that what's being done to food might have a correlation to cancer. With the extreme business types, it's all about more and more money and getting over on someone else. When Jackie was getting her MBA, she'd ask why people couldn't just make a living if that's what they wanted to do. It's all about sharks moving forward or dying. Small, successful businesses are bought or forced out by large ones who keep on and on until they are king of the mountain. I don't like all this and wonder what kinds of families they grew up in and what they think they have to prove to whom.
1:57:00 PM
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