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Douglas Liu
When despair for the world grows in me...
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry

Atticus
(15,124 posts)republianmushroom
(20,715 posts)liberalla
(10,605 posts)Thank you
appalachiablue
(43,531 posts)Hekate
(98,600 posts)With gratitude
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Silver Gaia
(5,127 posts)🩶🤍🤍
flying_wahini
(8,130 posts)Joinfortmill
(18,615 posts)wendyb-NC
(4,402 posts)That is an incredible idea, said with a sage spirit, beauty, and heartfelt love for the wild natural world. I'm bookmarking, it's like a gift.
Martin Eden
(14,637 posts)Thankyou for sharing.
Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,275 posts)There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
calimary
(87,121 posts)When despair for the world grows in me...
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry
Love it, Donkees!
Karadeniz
(24,563 posts)MiHale
(11,929 posts)Opened DU, landed on your post. Fitting. Thanks Donkees.
cilla4progress
(26,379 posts)It was my go to after the 9-11 attacks.
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WestMichRad
(2,404 posts)Thank you for posting it, and for all the wonderful avian photographs!
Snarkoleptic
(6,168 posts)I wish I could double-rec this post.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)wandering the fields and streams of rural Texas in the mid '50s.
Thanks to all for the hearts. I'm humbled to be noticed