And if I can’t live forever,
then let me make the most
of this sliver of eternity,
these slender days I’ve been given
in the ongoing story.
Let me be recklessly curious
about what I will never know—
driven to dance with the secrets
of galaxy and spruce cone.
Just this morning, I wondered
what wake will I leave behind?
Let me be relentlessly kind.
Let me find peace
with the imperfect self.
Let me find love
for the imperfect world.
In my smallest moment,
let me lean into enormity.
If I can’t live forever,
let me at least believe in forever
and love the world
accordingly.
Thanks for sharing…connected with todays message…
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Hi John, I can put you on the daily mailing list, sure! Thank you.
Boy oh boy, that was written for me! And I couldn’t have said it so well!
Oh, yes, that would be a beautiful, inspiring way to live, to see out our slender thread of days. Well said, Rosemerry! x ❤️
Thank you for this.
Thank you for your beautiful work and sharing your beautiful soul with the world. It needs it.
Hi Hap,
thank you so much for this note … and for returning this poem to me. I had forgotten about it, and it will be really a good fit for a class I am teaching soon on mortality!