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- April 26, 2020, 10:49 a.m.
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This came up on my FB today from four years ago.
More about what to do with the rest of my life.
This is a Mary Oliver poem.
I Have Decided
I have decided to find myself a home
in the mountains, somewhere high up
where one learns to live peacefully in
the cold and the silence. It’s said that
in such a place certain revelations may
be discovered. That what the spirit
reaches for may actually be felt, if not
exactly understood. Slowly, no doubt. I’m
not talking about a vacation.
Of course, at the same time, I mean to
stay exactly where I am.
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Deleted user ⋅ April 26, 2020
I'm right there
ODSago ⋅ April 26, 2020 (edited April 26, 2020)
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I like the way she surprised the lazy reader...me...with the ending. Made it a poem of importance. I just actually, not lying, thinking of what if I let my son live here this summer and I moved to the beach for the entire summer.
But I won't. I'd be worried about using funds that I'd need later in my life.
Marg ⋅ April 26, 2020
I was way off the mark - I thought she was talking about dying!
woman in the moon Marg ⋅ April 27, 2020
I think it was retirement.... which is a bit of a sticky subject too. Come with me, but stay where you are too.
noko ⋅ April 26, 2020
Had you met Mary Oliver, I believe the two of you would have liked each other.
woman in the moon noko ⋅ April 26, 2020
Did you meet her?
It would be nice if we could meet.
noko woman in the moon ⋅ April 26, 2020
I think I have been places when she was there but no...she was Unitarian, so I know people who met her. She wrote these beloved thoughtful poems but was very strong, practical and a little eccentric.
Jinn ⋅ April 27, 2020
I love her poetry.
NorthernSeeker ⋅ April 27, 2020
Solitude reduces stress and encourages thinking.