To Stand and Stare
“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.”― George Eliot
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
– Leisure”
― W.H. Davies, Common Joys and Other Poems
To stand and stare
Deep breath
Drink in beauty, hope, light
Stop, sit, rest
An empty vessel is of no use
We can’t carry it all
Long game
No short cuts
Detour, distractions, delays
Pause, gaze, anchor
To restore, bind, heal
Joy on the journey
Planting seeds of love along the way
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
