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“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” Hermann Hesse
How
does one keep
more to the point,
what does one keep
who am I to keep anything and
isn’t keeping about wanting
about accumulating,
surely not a person,
and don’t animals keep us?
when I think of keeping,
it’s time to let go.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Adding this to the reference index at the Foundation for Poetic Justice
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Thank you so much Ana. 🙂
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My great pleasure, brother
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🙂
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Beautiful words and image P V, lovely indeed!
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Many thanks for your kind words.
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You’re very welcome.
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Love it
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Thank you.
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Keeping for ill-conceived reasons Paul, does call for releasing.
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Yes, I eventually discovered that 🙂 thank you Rob.
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I enjoyed your take on the prompt word, Paul. I believe animals keep us.
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Thank you so much Kim, so enjoyed the prompt.
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Yes… it’s time to let go. Well said, Paul!
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Thank you Amy.
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Nice last two lines about the thought of keeping leading to the thought of letting go.
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Nice thought Frank
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Thank you too.
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Many thanks Frank.
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I wish to show my appreciation for your Quadrille also. Well said.
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Thank you so much.
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Indeed… we cannot be pack-rats… letting go is sometimes the best.
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O absolutely, we surely must Bjorn. I wonder that the world would be a better place if we did.
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Interesting point – great poem
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Indeed, and thank you
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So true, Paul! What a wonderful poem, explaining and hardening Hesse’s quote. This should be a principle for us all. Best wishes, Michael
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Thank you very much Michael
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I’ve loved and lived this quote for a long time. In relationships … best to walk away than be unfulfilled, especially when the depth of love is not reciprocated.
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I can feel that strongly in your words, yes, best to move on.
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Well said Paul. We are not meant to “keep”.
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No, but it’s a battle in this age. Thank you so much Rupali
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Tying into the serenity prayer, we need to learn the difference between what we have the strength (and need) to keep and the serenity to know what needs to be let go because it can’t be corrected/changed. Not everything should be let go of, even Jung said that.
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No, that’s so, but there’s so much we don’t or won’t that holds us down.
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I like the questioning, and the realization here. Yes, it’s definitely better to let go sometimes.
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I believe it – from experience, it’s never easy though. Thank you Merril.
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Thank you for acknowledging that letting go is never easy.
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It is indeed very hard, and never the same for anyone either, we all have our variations of struggle I guess.
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Excellent thoughts and brilliant writing, Paul! ❤
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Thank you so much Susi for your encouraging words.
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You are very welcome! 🙂
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