― Rabindranath Tagore, The Gardener https://t.co/eDgDCumHji
💭 This poem by Mary Oliver
“The Gardener”
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.
Then I step out into the... See more
“The Gardener”
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much.
Then I step out into the... See more
15 of the most beautiful short poems you (might) have never read, from across the world and throughout history...
Starting with the Persian master Rumi, writing 800 years ago: https://t.co/16ZWEf45Hp
The Gardener”
Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace? I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.
Actually, I probably think too much
. Then I step out into the garden, where the
... See moreto love so intimately to realize the change of the seasons
vibrant green out your window, bamboo shoots reaching their necks tall
to the trees to which we have loved and experienced its depth.
to love and be love, to hold it all under the pecan tree.