"...The Only Life You Could Save..."

Hydrangea Blue

http://www.cameronnewland.com/

June 18, 2009

Keeping busy with my bones.  Choosing bones, gnawing, burying and digging up again.  Choosing my favorite bones.  Identifying my passions and engaging in life. (see my 1/26/2010 post,  "She Who Rides With the Wind & Digs Ups Bones")

Life extends far beyond blogging.  Living it first, crafting, art, cooking, photography, farming, gardening, writing, domestic goddess...living it first is where the passion grows and creates a beauty filled with energy.  This energy is compelling and ignites sparks of possibility thinking for each person. 

I've discovered, forgiveness and acceptance are necessary, and enable me to move on with my life.  Choosing my bones, the things I love, and incorporating these passions into daily life.  I want something worthwhile to share with others on their journey.

And so I see myself as a life seeker; a gatherer; an observer of people and nature; a fellow traveler hoping I can learn and share bits of goodness and fun along the way.

Blessings...

The Journey

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice--

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles.

"Mend my life!"

each voice cried.

But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined to do

the only thing you could do--

determined to save

the only life you could save.

© Mary Oliver