To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.
Mary Oliver
Easier said than done.
[photograph taken by our mother]
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15 comments:
Oh so difficult.
yes . i was thinking the same thing . elk
Definitely easier said than done.x
i have glimpsed your story and in it, there is definitely letting go. perhaps it happens slowly, but the opening of the hand and the heart is part of the fuller movement is it not?
to be patient with ourselves...
this is perhaps the hardest thing to let go of. the hardness on ourselves.
xox
no truer sentiment could be spoken and i agree easier said than done. hope all is well.
you live in such a beautiful area. i could never tire of seeing such wonderful sites.
time, only time, will give you the ability to let go.
Skipping two so three would be easier is a sad mistake. Doing one and two makes three almost impossible to bear. But not loving at all is the saddest.
Love your thoughtful quotes. And those wonderful photographs of the sea.
Your photo, taken by your mother- you are such a lucky family, even in grief, so lucky.And so beautiful. LOVExxxx
Yes, letting go is not easy. The Buddhists say it is grasping or attachment that is the cause of our suffering. But we are human, after all, and so it is very, very difficult to let go.
oh very difficult. no, impossible. in my case any way.
Kenda this is such a beautiful image. Letting go ..... in time..... but never forgetting.
oh i keep thinking about you. certainly not easy. love your way.
suzy
Mary Oliver has such a way with words that we just don't need them. She does it for us.
Slowly, slowly, Kenda.
That photo speaks volumes doesn't it.
what a photo ... and the quote - no words - xo
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