Thursday, 15 December, 2011 01:06
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For hope would be hope for the wrong thing;
wait without love
For love would be love of the wrong thing;
there is yet faith
But the faith and the hope and the love are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.
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| An “Ella butterfly” posing graciously for the camera |
This humbles me into quiet stillness today. Yet more stunning wisdom from T.S. Eliot’s beautiful, beautiful, beautiful East Coker III, Four Quartets, 1940.
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For those who were playing along at home and made a guess at the little face in the image in this recent post, here she is…. a delicate white moth. I encourage you to click on the photo above and have a look at a larger version, she’s exquisite. In this house, they’re known as “Ella Butterflies” because the LGBB has noticed they seem to hang around her big sister’s beautiful rose bush. Thanks to her indoctrination from watching the Tinkerbell movies, she tells me that “white butterflies” haven’t been painted by the fairies yet.
Has a certain symmetry to it, I think.
heartachingly beautiful…
you have a very special little girl there.
Vicky: Isn't it? I just love T.S. Eliot. The more I discover, the more it speaks to me! And as for Lolly… well, thankyou. I'm quite partial to her as well x
Oh that gives me goosebumps. Just the word 'waiting' alone is enough to do that, don't you think?
I've been so slack commenting lately. I meant to tell you yesterday that I don't want my kids to have everything either but try telling them that… I'm a bit stuck now and can't seem to go back!!!! x
Maxabella: Oh, I hear you!! I guess I ought to take this verse and apply it…. Be still and dance, instead of expecting that the bubble is going to burst anytime soon (with Lolly). What it says to me is that you can worry yourself so much about the pending that you completely miss the beauty of the present. I think I'm a little bit of an Eliot fan #blush
Grace in nature is a wonderful thing.
I recently fell across this:
Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind
on the present moment.
-Buddha-
I have shared it with several people since it came to me. A gentle reminder to all of us.
Steve: Yes. It is a natural thing too. We'd do well to take a leaf (oh dear… sorry about that pun) out of nature's book.
Vicky: The Buddhist approach to life and teachings are something we could all do with availing ourselves of from time to time, I think. They always sit very well with me.
Your little angel is amazing. She reminds me so much of my daughter!
I have only just caught up on my comments on my blog… talk about serendipity at work. Thanks you. x
Vicky: Indeed xx