tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162655720091239751.post1488452325827869296..comments2023-10-31T02:01:35.185-07:00Comments on "Dialogue": Quote: RestPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362243803036954972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162655720091239751.post-1538315936320014842010-02-16T05:48:25.745-08:002010-02-16T05:48:25.745-08:00Yes. There is a Lucille Clifton poem:
we are run...Yes. There is a Lucille Clifton poem:<br /><br />we are running<br /> <br />running and<br />time is clocking us<br />from the edge like an only<br />daughter.<br />our mothers stream before us,<br />cradling their breasts in their<br />hands.<br />oh pray that what we want<br />is worth this running,<br />pray that what we're running<br />toward<br />is what we want.<br /> <br />~ Lucille Clifton ~<br /> <br />(QUILTING: Poems 1987-1990)<br /> <br />Especially young and middle years adults seem to have no choice but to join the running. I, myself, ran harder than I knew how to keep up with myself until I totally collapsed. <br /><br />It's been a long path back, and now I'm different, and also officially old. I deeply respect my younger friends and family who are wise enough to be thoughtful and intentional about their use of time, and their allocation of time for rest and deep reflection. <br /><br />Journaling and a kind of meditation that might also be called prayer help me do this now, the deep reflection that refreshes the soul. And poetry. I can't seem to help it, I'm in love with poetry.Carol Bindelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240365013600117249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162655720091239751.post-1244696772817327902010-02-16T04:57:43.845-08:002010-02-16T04:57:43.845-08:00For me, and I assume others it is a continous stru...For me, and I assume others it is a continous struggle to find balance in life ... especially when we are young and have a full and busy life. Today, I have deliberately set aside quiet time to reflect, read, or simply daydream. I find that it helps to "hook" this time to an event such as the early morning hour when I awake ... or right after the noon meal. If I wait until bedtime I am simply too tired.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362243803036954972noreply@blogger.com