Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
—Mary Oliver – The Summer
‘We may worry about death
but what hurts the most,
is to live without tasting the
water of its own essence.’
RUMI
‘True balance in the body is linked to listening, but also metaphorically, true balance is linked to an attentiveness that allows you to engage fully in this moment.’
John O’Donohue “Walking on the Pastures of Wonder.”
‘You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that?
And I said,
Where can I put it down?’
Anne Carson
Pic: Wanaka New Zealand
I’m a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think ‘The Waterhole’ is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail.
You may find an abundance of life and freedom beneath the surface of your stories and pain.
LIVING IN THIS MOMENT 