
https://anthonynewmancamps.com/cross-country-camp/ Old Lace Peony © 2012 Bo Mackison
https://www.beyondagencyprofits.com/about-bap/ Am I no longer young, and still not half perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
source which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
https://www.52editions.com/promotions/ from Messenger by Mary Oliver
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click here Sometimes I read a poem, and it seems as if it is a message from beyond, or from the universe, or from a secret conduit from poet’s mind to my mind.
https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/general-contractors-grimesland-nc/ This happened today when I read Messenger.
Diazepam Online Purchase Yes, I am feeling no longer the least bit young, and not even “half perfect.” Not that I wish to be perfect, for that does not sound like much of a life adventure, but I might prefer to be a bit further on the path than I am. I frown a bit.
https://gritandgracefamilyfarm.com/farm-journal/about-us/ Then come her words “let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work.” The worry lines appear on my brow and I start cataloging the many to-do’s on my unwritten list entitled click here What I Should/Must Get Done ASAP. I fret about work and time and commitments and responsibilities and my purpose for being one of the seven million plus human inhabitants on this earth.
Then I stop, startled, and take a deep breath, no, several deep breaths. And I close my eyes for a few moments, mentally pushing away worry, though unsuccessfully for it will not be pushed aside.
I read the next few words of the poem . . . “my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.”
Ah, so I smile a bit and relax a bit and let Mary Oliver’s words push away the worry with much more success.
Yes, I have plenty of time to work on the art of being astonished.
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Sometimes she puts down her camera and reads pages and pages of poetry.



