If you have noticed my absence, let me explain. I've been in the hospital. I'm home now and hoping to soon be back into my usual routine. In the meantime, please keep me in your thoughts.
How about we share another Mary Oliver poem? After all, you can never have too many of those. In this one, the poet seems to acknowledge that it is often hard to simply live in and enjoy the moment, perhaps because we are afraid it can't last. She urges us to give in to that moment and fully experience the joy. Although "much can never be redeemed, still, life has some possibility left." Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is no...
Get well soon, Dorothy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carmen. It's good to hear from you.
DeleteHi Dorothy: I am very sorry to hear that you have been hospitalized and I hope it was for some minor procedure and that nothing is greatly amiss. I have to confess that I did miss your weekly environmental roundup, but now I understand why it did not make its customary Saturday morning appearance. Get well soon, and return to blogging when you are able. All the best, David.
ReplyDeleteIt was a relatively routine procedure, but I suffered from dehydration after I was initially released and ended up back in the hospital for a couple of days. I'm feeling much better now, but it has been pretty much of a lost week as far as getting anything done. Except reading. I did get a lot of reading done.
DeleteSorry to hear that you were in the hospital. I am glad to hear that you are home. I hope that you feel better ASAP.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brian.
DeleteYour in my thoughts and prayers!! Feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your thoughts and prayers and they must be working because I do feel better!
DeleteI came upon your blog last year and I enjoy you book commentaries, photos and poems very much. You have many insightful and interesting things to say. Hospital stays are unsettling and often scary. I hope you are on the mend to a full recovery. I will keep you in my thoughts. Glad you are home.
ReplyDeleteYou are very kind. Thanks for the comment.
DeleteSorry you had to be rehospitalized. This isn't a good way to catch up with your reading. Please feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI am much better, thank you. And I did enjoy the reading.
DeleteGlad you are better! Hospitals are not fun places to be. Be well, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy.
DeleteOh no Dorothy, sending positive thoughts your way.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane. I'm on the road to recovery and feeling much better today. The sun is out, the day is brisk and clear, and it is easy to be optimistic on such a day.
DeleteSorry to hear about your hospital stay Dorothy. Hope you make a full and speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteEvery day in every way I'm getting better and better! Thanks for the kind thoughts.
DeleteSo glad to read you are on the mend. Take it easy Dorothy, slowly but surely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, rd. The sun is shining and I'm itching to get outside and do some gardening. That's all the motivation I need!
DeleteSorry to hear you were in the hospital but delighted that you are now home. You are in my prayers for a speedy recovery.
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Thank you, Betty.
DeleteI hope you are feeling better since you've returned home. So sorry to hear you were in the hospital.
ReplyDeleteI am doing better - gaining strength daily.
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