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š This poem by Mary Oliver
āThe Gardenerā
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
I say this, or perhaps Iām just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.
Then I step out into the gar... See more
āThe Gardenerā
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
I say this, or perhaps Iām just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.
Then I step out into the gar... See more
I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk.
But itās spring,
and the thrush is in the woods,
somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singingā¦
I am touching a few leaves.
I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies
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... See moreNo one can love you enough. Build a shelter for the flies and the wasps instead. Make houses for the rats and the owls and the bluebirds. Sit for hours in the shade and watch how these tiny citizens move, floating or drifting or scrabbling over stones, swooping or creeping in rings of shadow, rings of light. Make space inside your liquid heart for
The Gardenerā
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace? I say this, or perhaps Iām just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much
. Then I step out into the garden, where the garde
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