Stillness – VJs Weekly Challenge #32
Photo: looking out over the breakaway at Jindalee, such a peaceful place to camp.
“I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spent in the most profound activity.” Rainer Maria Rilke
Sublime Irony
The nothingness of stillness
is the something of me
that is wellness gifted inside,
a sublime irony,
where less is more,
and fuel for the rigours of day.
A day without still
is a faustian madness,
that sucks all the life out of me,
but to sit in the bush,
or the quiet of somewhere,
profoundly restores me to me,
and it helps me to topsy
as I turvey this world.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
It does me too. Sometimes we need to be still and just feel and breathe
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I’m with you there, so true. 🙂 Thank you
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yes, it is
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Thank you 🙂
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You are welcome 🙂
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Both the poem and quotation are wonderful.
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Thank you so much Rupali
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Loved it!
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Thank you so much Kunal
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I totally connect with this. I love the ending “profoundly restores me to me,
and it helps me to topsy
as I turvey this world.
I need more days with stillness!
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Thank you for sharing that Heather, I too need more days.
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My pleasure.
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Beautifully said “fuel for the rigours of the day”. In fact, every word resonates on such a deep level. Thanks for sharing, Paul.
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Thank you Dawn for reflecting on this, appreciate your thoughts very much.
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Welcome, Paul.
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Check out V. J.’s Weekly Challenge which is ‘stillness’ for this week. https://onewomansquest.org/2019/01/21/v-j-s-weekly-challenge-32-stillness/
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You probably missed the link at the top, but that is indeed the challenge I link to, I’m glad you connect there too, it’s such a good challenge isn’t it? Thank you for reading LuAnne 🙂
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Yes it is a good challenge. I don’t participate too often but I do enjoy reading posts of others, too.
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You must more often 🙂
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that’s why it’s my main business … well written and obviously resonated with many!
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Yes, I think there are clearly times we preach to the choir because we’re all on a similar page. Thank you Kate
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welcome Paul, you say it so well so please don’t stop preaching 🙂
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😉
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A lovely photo and such beautiful and profound reflections, Paul.
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Beautiful – love this poem I can relate so well to this and love the last line
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I thought you might:)
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So true.. Sometimes the stillness is what our chaotic mind needs.
So blessed to have nature around us,.
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Yes, we are indeed blessed, thank you Megha
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