Catching Up

Well I missed yesterday so I've messed up my everyday posting but I'm not going to give up. I'll still try and do everyday for the rest of the month. It's a little after 7:00 am and I've already walked and done my morning pages. This is quite impressive actually because I am definitely not a morning person. No matter how long I've slept I hate getting out of bed. A combination of playful cats and a previous night full of debauchery and decadence propelled me out of bed early this morning. Ok, actually it was just a little too much rum & coke. I just thought debauchery & decadence sounded mysterious and interesting!

I had a nice walk this morning and saw some lovely morning glories all over a fence. Unfortunately I didn't have my phone so no picture to share. Instead I thought I'd share a poem!

The Waking

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

Theodore Roethke