“Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough? Have I considered Right Action enough, Have I come to any conclusion? Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude? Have I endured loneliness with grace?”― Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings
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Daily Insight: Mary Oliver: Have I Lived Enough?
Daily Insight: Mary Oliver: Love Yourself, Love the World
“...eventually tides will be the only calendar you believe in… And someone’s face, whom you love, will be as a star Both intimate and ultimate, And you will be heart-shaken and respectful. And you will hear the air itself, like a beloved, whisper Oh let me, for a while longer, enter the two Beautiful bodies of your lungs... Look, and look again. This world is not just a little thrill for your eyes. It’s more than bones. It’s more than the delicate wrist with its personal pulse. It’s more than the beating of a single heart. It’s praising. It’s giving until the giving feels like receiving. You have a life- just imagine that! You have this day, and maybe another, and maybe Still another… And I have become the child of the clouds, and of hope. I have become the friend of the enemy, whoever that is. I have become older and, cherishing what I have learned, I have become younger. And what do I risk to tell you this, which is all I know? Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world.”― Mary Oliver, Evidence: Poems
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