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19/1/2019

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1935 -2019
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Don't Hesitate

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway that's often the
case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be aftaid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.


12 Comments
Viv link
20/1/2019 01:33:50 am

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - I will always remember this quote of hers - it makes you stop and think.
December and January seems to be the time we lose a lot of wonderful and talented people.

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Freda
20/1/2019 02:43:15 pm

A most wonderful quote. I wonder if we lose people who are in the winter of their lives, in winter..

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Grace
20/1/2019 05:32:18 am

Why have I never heard of this woman? Thank you for introducing me to her.

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Freda
20/1/2019 02:44:46 pm

I did not hear of her till 2014 when a friend gave me a book of her poetry. I hope you enjoy her work as much as I do Grace.

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Julia
20/1/2019 05:56:15 am

OH!!! I am so sad...i did not hear that mary oliver had died....i’ve read every word she has written...one can certain say that she made the very most of her one precious life....freda, this is your blog..but i’m taking over for one sentence and telling all your readers: read mary oliver!....she is a gift you give yourself. love to all..:-)

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Freda
20/1/2019 02:46:53 pm

I love your message Julia and agree wholeheartedly with it. It is sad that she has gone, but what a legacy she has left,

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cath
20/1/2019 05:57:05 am

'You wouldn't believe what once or
twice I have seen. I'll just
tell you this:
only if there are angels in your head will you
ever, possibly, see one.

Second stanza of 'The World I Live In'
Mary Oliver 'Felicity' 2015

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Freda
20/1/2019 02:48:01 pm

So original but clear (as she said 'not fancy').

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Liz
23/1/2019 02:02:45 am

Really beautiful and a favourite of minetoo

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Lotta link
21/1/2019 04:00:27 am

I was sad to hear she had died - I love her work, it strikes a deep chord. I haven't read it all by any means, but I am starting now...

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Freda
21/1/2019 02:28:44 pm

Me too - reading and re-reading.

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Liz
23/1/2019 02:05:01 am

For those who are enjoying Mary Oliver can I recommend May Sarton’s journals and poetry? She writes beautifully about winter...and summer, for that matter.

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