“True happiness is …. to enjoy the present without anxious dependence on the futures.” Senecca
One Doesn't Have To Rail Against Gravity On second thought, I wonder that we have doubted our way to fear, imprisoning ourselves in our anxieties unable to notice small joys and simple ways of being. Why do we fight with the nature of things, are we frightened of feeling seen to be motionless, flamed out, lost, and without , far too gently going into that long night? One doesn't have to rail against gravity all day to find purpose or to feel good, I now look to gentle hikes through life, possessing all my weaknesses.
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Ah, yes indeed – thank you Datta
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🌸🙏🌸
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Many thanks Ana
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So true. Love this poem.
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Many thanks Rupali
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great lines Paul❣️
“doubted our way to fear,
imprisoning ourselves in
our anxieties unable to notice
small joys and simple ways of being”
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Thank you very much Cindy, yes, we sure need to pay attention to what’s going on inside don’t we?
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Oof! I felt these words, Paul ❤
~David
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What a time we live in, and all the angst! I need to go in and sort myself out first though 🙂 Thank you David for sharing this.
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I gave up fighting gravity a long time ago😂
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lol
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I love the last stanza in particular.
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I wonder that we are touching on similar experiences? change and the state of everything out there.
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I think so, yes. At this point, I do best living in the moment that makes me happy.
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👍👍
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Many thanks
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Reblogged this on https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thank you Michael 🙂
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Great poem – I particularly love the truth of the last paragraph
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Yes, one has to find that next way 😉
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