But of course that time was almost literally life in a bubble -- back home there are still power outages and homeless people sleeping on cold streets in the snow, and elsewhere in the world conflict is brewing that could significantly affect us all.
I find it difficult at times to carry all this in awareness; to listen to discussions about Rolex watches at the dinner table after walking by the homeless boy with his sad little dog all bundled up in blankets; to be focusing on all this beauty when there is so much ugliness in the world...
But perhaps that's the job: to find a way to hold the space for everything: the good and the bad, the rich and the poor, the beautiful and the ugly, the bright and the dark, the colorful and the quiet, and to find a way to see them all, not as opposites, but as equally valid and tender parts of the larger picture...
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There's a wonderful line in an Adam Zagajewski poem, "The Greenhouse", that reads, "You see the world lit differently."
I think we have to look and see and imagine our world "differently", in all its beauty, to have hope. I give thanks for the artists and poets.
Your post, Louise's post, my thinking and post later day are all touching the same vein. How do give gratitude for all our joys and the world's beauty when there are homeless in the streets and conflict in the world? Perhaps those are the reminders that we *must* give thanks, must be even more aware of life's blessings.
Yes -- to hold a space for all of it. To live in harmony with the times around us. To be at peace for light and dark. That is the challenge.
And then, we must breathe and know when we create beauty in our world, our ripple effect creates beauty all around us.
Your ripple is beautiful. You touch many hearts.
To embrace ambiguity with glee . . . or if that isn't possible, just to hold on.
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