"Why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world?" Mary Oliver
I love Mary Oliver's poetry. Perhaps each of us can think of many reasons we cannot sit every morning on the hillside looking at the shining world. Inclement weather was one of the things that popped into my mind; and, of course, there is the long list of things caregivers have to do. But, perhaps Oliver's meaning can be on a level that is not literal. What if we have the attitude of the world being shining? What if we take time every day to enjoy the life we have been given? Buddhist wisdom tells us that it is rare that we were born into this lifetime as human -- let us then appreciate that gift. Rather than finding things wrong with our lives; let us find things that are right.
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