To Live In This World
November 17th, 2014
…to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go
~ Mary Oliver
3 Responses to “To Live In This World”
Thank you for this!
Oh, how I love me some Mary Oliver!! 🙂 Letting Go seems to be such a theme these days. Thank you for this reminder
How refined wisdom!
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