Starting here, what do you want to remember?
How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?
What scent of old wood hovers, what softened
sound from outside fills the air?
Will you ever bring a better gift for the world
than the breathing respect that you carry
wherever you go right now? Are you waiting
for time to show you some better thoughts?
When you turn around, starting here, lift this
new glimpse that you found; carry into evening
all that you want from this day. This interval you spent
reading or hearing this, keep it for life–
What can anyone give you greater than now,
starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?
–William Stafford, “You Reading This, Be Ready”
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Jul 01, 2012 @ 08:53:34
I very much enjoyed this week’s goddess and thought. After looking at the goddess’s photos the first thing that came to mind was an “everything bagel” (a favorite of mine). I equated that thought to the many flavors that are all in one food. In the images of this goddess, I see many features of beauty or flavors, if you will, so artfully and tastefully presented for the palate of our mind, all in one beautiful goddess.
I may have been just a little hungry too… 😉
Mountain
Jul 01, 2012 @ 09:54:16
And I had a bagel for breakfast to toast your comment–gotta love a pun. 😉
xoxox
Jul 02, 2012 @ 17:20:30
So lovely! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
Jul 02, 2012 @ 21:31:58
Thanks for all the love, C!
xoxox