This Morning This morning was something. A little snow lay on the ground. The sun floated in a clear blue sky. The sea was blue, and blue-green, as far as the eye could see. Scarcely a ripple. Calm. I dressed and went for a walk -- determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer. I passed close to some old, bent-over trees. Crossed a field strewn with rocks where snow had drifted. Kept going until I reached the bluff. Where I gazed at the sea, and the sky, and the gulls wheeling over the white beach far below. All lovely. All bathed in a pure cold light. But, as usual, my thoughts began to wander. I had to will myself to see what I was seeing and nothing else. I had to tell myself this is what mattered, not the other. (And I did see it, for a minute or two!) For a minute or two it crowded out the usual musings on what was right, and what was wrong -- duty, tender memories, thoughts of death, how I should treat with my former wife. All the things I hoped would go away this morning. The stuff I live with every day. What Ive trampled on in order to stay alive. But for a minute or two I did forget myself and everything else. I know I did. For when I turned back i didnt know where I was. Until some birds rose up from the gnarled trees. And flew in the direction I needed to be going. -Raymond Carver Perpetuation by Mercury & Elon.is listen here --> https://youtube/watch?v=pjXRY-wk6FI These cycles keep spinning yall, theyre not stopping and life is a maze people seem to be lost in...
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:21:29 +0000
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