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winyanstaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 05:03 PM
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A Happy New Year to you all :)
I just found this poem and I thought it was a great one to share and to take into the new year.

MAMEEN (Conamara, Ireland)

Be infinitesimal under that sky, a creature
even the sailing hawk misses, a wraith
among the rocks where the mist parts slowly.
Recall the way mere mortals are overwhelmed
by circumstance, how great reputations
dissolve with infirmity and how you,
in particular, live a hairsbreadth from losing
everyone you hold dear.

Then, look back down the path as if seeing
your past and then south over the hazy blue
coast as if present to a wide future,
recall the way you are all possibilities
you can see and how you live best
as an appreciator of horizons
whether you reach them or not,
admit that once you have got up
from your chair and opened the door,
once you have walked out into the clean air
toward that edge and taken the path up high
beyond the ordinary you have become
the privileged and the pilgrim
the one who will tell the story
and the one, coming back
from the mountain,
who helped to make it.

- David Whyte

May the coming year be full of hope and joy for you all..
Blessed Be


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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 02:03 PM
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1. Thanks for the poem.
Happy News Years to you as well!
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winyanstaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 03:34 PM
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2. ty :) its sure starting out good so far :)
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Delphinus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 05:06 PM
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3. Thank you, winyanstaz.
I really enjoy David Whyte.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 12:27 AM
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4. That's a wonderful poem, winyanstaz.
Thanks so much for opening the new year with it.

Blessings to you in this upcoming year!

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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 01:26 PM
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5. Happy New Year!
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