Aware and Intense
February 17, 2009
"Life here has been, from the start, a challenge. And that is the point – not, perhaps, happiness, but life lived at its most aware and intense. Would not 'Aunt Cora' have said as much when the first old-fashioned rose by the granite step, that rose so tightly folded into its hairy bud, opened each spring? Not happiness, perhaps, but something like New England itself – struggle, occasional triumph over adversity, above all the power to endure and to be renewed. For here the roses grow beside the granite."
-May Sarton, Plant Dreaming Deep
You have convinced me, Christine — it’s time for me to read May Sarton! What do you suggest I start with?
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I love this excerpt! Thank you for sharing
yes.
i so get this.
yes.
i wish you the beauty, endurance and assurance of roses…and the sturdy grounding of granite. and of course, chocolate cake. Linda
What a beautiful statement!! It speaks to me. Thank you for sharing this!!!
Smiles and Hugs,
~Jill
Each time I visit you, I can feel my world open, a bit more. I love that. : )
Very powerful love…especially “struggle, occasional triumph over adversity, above all the power to endure and to be renewed”
XO