
Bench outside of our hotel, Harrison Hotsprings Resort, overlooking Harrison Lake. I took this photo TODAY on first day of my 50th year of life!
Mindful
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for –
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world –
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant –
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these –
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Why I Wake Early)
Thank you, Dayna, for sending me this beautiful poem by Mary Oliver today!
Happy birthday, Fran! I am thankful for you.
Love,
J
Hi Jenelle, Thank you! And I am thankful for you in my life! I so look forward to our Peruvian adventure together. love, Fran