The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
“Attention is the beginning of devotion,” writes the poet Mary Oliver, pointing to the fact that distraction and care are incompatible with each other: you can’t truly love a partner or a child, dedicate yourself to a career or to a cause—or just savor the pleasure of a stroll in the park—except to the extent that you can hold your attention on the... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Five things on being astonished:
“It is an astonishment to be alive, and it behoves you to be astonished.” — Katherine Rundell, paraphrasing poet John Donne
“If you attend thoughtfully to what you already have, you need nothing more. It’s all here.” — Claire Messud
“Let me / keep my mind on what matters, / which is my work, / which is mostly standing
... See moreAs Mary Oliver puts it, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Richard Rohr • Falling Upward
A beautiful poem by Mary Oliver. The last line is 🔥
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox;
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the... See more
Beauty has its purposes, which, all our lives and at every season, it is our opportunity, and our joy, to divine.
Mary Oliver • Long Life: Essays and Other Writings
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. — Mary Jean Irion
A Network for Grateful Living • Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted
“Attention is the beginning of devotion,” writes the poet Mary Oliver,