“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver
“The Journey"
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.”
The question posed by Mary Oliver is so poignant! Everyday I see my goals as I go about my kitchen and I am inspired however upon reading some of Mary's poetry I was moved to rethink my goals. In them I don't quite see a wild enough life, do you know what I mean? I'm feeling like I didn't take the time to really dream far or wide enough. I haven't included enough people, I haven't really dug into myself to see what's holding me back from creating a rare and exquisite life.
I'm listening to "The Head And The Heart" while I watch my little darlings play with their wooden toys, each one using their imagination to come up with story lines that make my heart giddy with the beauty of it. There are such wonderful mama moments in each day that it sometimes takes my breath away. I'm feeling sentimental, another day I'll write about the crazy times when I feel like I'm drowning in the fighting, whining and crying:) But for today I'm feeling the mama love. It'll be soon time for a little cafe getaway where I can look at my life, dream big and make it a little or a lot more WILD!
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