Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
I couldn’t agree more with you here!
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Wise words. Purpose in life is worth striving for.
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Thanks, Eugi!
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What a beautiful image. Patience. Trust. Purpose. A triumvirate worth striving for, even when it’s a struggle.
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Thanks Andrea!
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Oh I do hope so. 🙂
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Very true VJ. Beautiful image.
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Indeed! And if we stick around enough years we’ll likely discover additional purposes, callings. Some surprises!
Fantastic image – the colors strike me as “Spring”, which – like purpose – will reveal itself in time. Patience, patience …
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That’s the good thing about life – the surprises. We had a peak of Spring yesterday with milder temps, but snow is back today, sigh.
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Yes, and hopefully that purpose will always be shifting as we grow.
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Amen!
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Wise words. I would add that patience takes time to cultivate. We’re certainly not born with it!
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Isn’t that the truth!
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