more with the unlearning! (ha! i just wrote this at your other home.) more with honing galway kinnell's purer ignorance.)))
but, i don't know that women would throw themselves toward him, or that men might recognize his wisdom. he would most likely be reviled as a lazy schlep. as a society we do not want to scourge ourselves with the fire-truth of inactivity (a different kind of active being) and attention - unfortunately.
i kiss those tiny dew covered leaves coming toward me pleading...
Love it :) especially - "me, still unlearning." Yes, unlearning the doing. Wonderful "not doing" - just being; being that pure innocence of a child delighting in the discoveries of just being - of opening and closing a door... :) (I love that post too!) I am about to have a "not-doing day" - and the "doing" won't get done! :) but I giggle in my heart because I will do what really needs to be done - the art of just being - Sanctuary... (I'm combining comments here from your other post on washed stones :)
more with the unlearning! (ha! i just wrote this at your other home.) more with honing galway kinnell's purer ignorance.)))
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i kiss those tiny dew covered leaves coming toward me pleading...
xo
erin
Love it :) especially - "me, still unlearning." Yes, unlearning the doing. Wonderful "not doing" - just being; being that pure innocence of a child delighting in the discoveries of just being - of opening and closing a door... :) (I love that post too!) I am about to have a "not-doing day" - and the "doing" won't get done! :) but I giggle in my heart because I will do what really needs to be done - the art of just being - Sanctuary...
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I enjoy reading the above comments, Sister, as much as Brehm's poem. I really love how you pair poem and image here at Small. :)
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