Leisure
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare? --
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
Adn watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Is there anything in this verse that inspires you as well?
4 comments:
Funny story to me...I am happy to say that I am one that does take time to stare at the night sky and gaze upon the stars. In fact I was just watching the Olympics with my son and we were watching cross country skiing, which I LOVE! I began cross country when I was 5 and raced onward from there. I could feel the motion in my muscles as I was watching the skiers and explaining to my 4 year old how he is going to ski like that. Of course, he looked at me and said, "I know how." Point is. When I used to ski I took too much time stopping during my races to watch the squirrels and the snow filter through the pine trees. I got the "Good Time Skier" award one year. ;) Maybe I should post about this on my blog! lol Thanks for sharing that poem. Love it and my mini vacations that I take to gaze.
Linda -
Thanks for sharing this poem - I often take time out..but then feel guilty about all the other things left undone!
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Many times I stop and watch nature here on the mountain, but, what I haven't let myself do, until recently, is stop to enjoy all the moments of the process of my book(s)--I needed to take a breath, and I am doing that *smiling*
It makes me realize how much too busy I am. Many days I don't stop to stare...
The chorus from a George Strait song says almost the same thing:
I've been to church
I've read the book
I know He's here, but I don't look
near as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I'd just slow down to stop and stare
opened my eyes and man I swear
I saw God today
Just the other morning I saw a lovely sunrise on the way to work. My first thought was "thanks for the postcard, God!" So often tied up in traffic I miss even that, but this day it was a great beginning to my day.
hugs, sid
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