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“Kai-ros: the perfect, delicate crucial moment, the fleeting rightness of time and place …..”
Just Glad How might I interpret the horizon which once seemed so far away but no longer sits in distant silence, much closeer now to the urgency of words stretched out in nascent expressions of meaning I had not anticipated and, joyfully inviting a lyrical searching that powerfully deepens, even so, I cannot hold on to it, I'm just glad I was here in this place with this question, not having to understand this moment. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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This poem is gorgeous, it’s moments like this that make us ponder the greater meaning of life.
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So beautiful.
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Many thanks Lucy.
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Your words so beautifully accompany the photograph, and you take us all along as you consider the meaning of it all!
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Thank you Beverly.
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Yes. Better not to try and understand this moment… 🙏🏻
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Yes, best way is to live.
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These days, every day is a gift…. but then again it has always been that way!
(I might have to continue this thought …)
Dwight
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Please do continue that thought Dwight, and, thank you.
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Thank you I think I will! Thanks for the inspiration!
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It did seem to lead on to something. My pleasure.
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https://rothpoetry.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/each-day-a-gift/
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So true, to live to the fullness of our means without negatively impacting others or nature, to set aside greed and selfish ambition, and to simply be. Wonderful lines that resonate so much.
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Thank you Paul I am very glad you enjoyed it. Thanks again for the inspiration!
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Well if that’s the result, I’m so glad, thrilled that it inspired, blessed by your words, what more could one want. Thank you so much Dwight.
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Thanks for sharing!!
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🙂
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The significance of being becomes more significant, as you say, the closer one gets to the horizon. Very well done Paul.
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Thank you so much Dwight.
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You are welcome!
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Oh, yes, to the gladness of being in this place with this question and not having to understand this moment! I would add that this is one of the things I love about literature. There are some lines of poetry and passages of fiction that simply can’t be explicated. You have to just be glad to be in that place with them and not having to understand those moments.
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Yes, not to control, analyse, force meaning, but just to be.
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Exactly.
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🙂
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This is beyond beautiful! 💝
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Very kind, thank you for sharing that, so encouraging.
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GOOD STUFF, PAUL!
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Many thanks Jonathan
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MANY LIKES!
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Thank you 🙂
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
NICE FLOW GOOD CLIFF-HANGER AT THE END—NEVER TELL US EVERYTHING!
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Thank you so much for sharing this.
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WELCOME MUCH YOU ARE!
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Thank you Dwight.
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A Zen moment, I’d say.
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Very much, thank you VJ – another great observation.
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You’re welcome Paul.
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We question and overthink so many moments, therefore missing them.
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So true Mish.
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I have seen a horizon
distant, still
but growing ever closer
no hurry to meet it
as it patiently waits
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Wonderful rejoinder Ken, absolutely.
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🙂 Thanks.
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Honoured, and many thanks.
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The contemplation of the horizon–that time and place now closer–but also to enjoy the moment. So beautifully expressed, Paul. I think of hearing a scientist say there is no such thing as the present, so the moment becomes a memory.
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I hadn’t heard that take, fascinating thought. Yes, to let it just be. Thank you Merril, enjoyed your thoughts on this.
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You’re welcome.
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You’ve captured that state of just “being”, a contented space knowing that the horizon is near but nothing to fear …
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That’s it really, great summary Kate, nothing to fear.
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Beautifully written. These are the moments that make life worth living. It is best to cherish them and not complicate them by trying to derive meaning.
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Absolutely Rishika, I like your thinking, many thanks for sharing.
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Feel the moment.
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Yes, exactly so, you know it well, thank you Rupali.
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not having to understand this moment, beautifully expressed.
Thank you, Paul.
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Yes, just be, I’m sure you know it.
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You lost me on this one
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🙂
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Thank you for the great inspiration, Paul! Best wishes, Michael
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Hi Michael, many thanks indeed 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Chuck
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Always happy sharing your words, My Friend!
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