for the Autumnal Equinox

'two worlds ...' @2015 #fromthelandofdragons

Lines Written in the Days of Growing Darkness

Every year we have been
witness to it: how the
world descends

into a rich mash, in order that
it may resume.
And therefore
who would cry out

to the petals on the ground
to stay,
knowing as we must,
how the vivacity of what was is married

to the vitality of what will be?
I don’t say
it’s easy, but
what else will do

if the love one claims to have for the world
be true?

So let us go on, cheerfully enough,
this and every crisping day,

though the sun be swinging east,
and the ponds be cold and black,
and the sweets of the year be doomed.

– Mary Oliver



#thisismyreligion


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'i still rise . . . ' 19april15, 43F, 7:30AM
made from pieces of plastic from a shattered bucket?!? under a viaduct 

“You may encounter many defeats, 

but you must not be defeated. 

In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, 

so you can know who you are, 

what you can rise from, 

how you can still come out of it.” 

Maya Angelou

Today I choose this quote of Maya Angelou because today is Marathon Monday, here in Boston.  

It is the second year after the horrific bombing which took a joyful and inspiring event and tarnished it with violence.  Now, a day which used to be a celebration of Spring, courage and endurance, is tainted with suspicion and fear.  HOWEVER the runners still showed up to run and the crowds still came out to cheer.  This quote speaks to both the runners and all the other participants of today's marathon, as well as speaking to all of us on our own personal journeys.  One faces many defeats in our lives, and it is how one rises and survives these defeats is what defines one character! #bostonstrong 

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