To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
—Mary Oliver
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I hate this and I love it with all my heart.
Posted by: linda | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 06:44 PM