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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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Saturday, December 18, 2004
Winter Break!
Yes!! We got out of school yesterday for our two-week break! Brian, Melissa, and Brendan came to school for the choral and band concert and other activities but didn't get there on time to see the concerts. Brendan didn't get to sleep until after midnight, so none of them had enough sleep. They did get to see the school and saw some people Brian hadn't seen in a while - teachers he had and others he went to high school with. Brendan loved the wide open spaces of the halls and enjoyed running in them. There weren't that many kids in school (probably around 300), and they were scattered in different places participating in art projects, the movie Elf, open mike, computer labs, cookie baking, and playing games and chess in the library where I was. We teachers had to sign up to oversee them, and that one was easy. So Brian, Melissa, and I were there in the library a while and in my classroom quite a bit.
After this we went to Mother's for lunch. They were all so sleepy that Melissa took a long nap while Brian and I took Brendan outside to play. He loves being outside. Then Brendan joined Melissa for a nap, and Brian fell asleep in the chair. I'm glad they got some rest. We put something together for supper, and visitied some more now that Brendan and Melissa were energized.
I didn't get home until around 8:30 since I stopped by Sheena's for a few minutes to return The DaVinci Code to her. I'm reading his other novel Angels and Demons now. Same main character and format as the other. I'm still trying to imagine Tom Hanks in that role. That's not how I visualized him. It's an interesting novel with all the symbols and mystery. There are so many things people get carried away about and fight over. I'm not a fan of organized religion since it's caused more guilt, hypocrisy, fantacism, division, hostility, and abuse than it's been of benefit. I really don't like missionaries who have ruined what people had in Hawaii, South America, and other places that worked just fine before they bothered them.
Now that I'm in the Christmas spirit, I'll go shopping with Mother.
10:01:00 AM
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