Here's a good on...

Here's a good one:When death comeslike the hungry bear in autumn;when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purseto buy me, and snaps the purse shut....I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering;what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood...and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular...and each body a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth.When it's over, I want to say:all my lifeI was a bride married to amazement.I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms..... --Mary Oliver-- I just love this one because it suggests that we replace our fear with wonder. Instead of imagining how terrible we think death might be--we may open our minds to being surprised.We open ourselves to the unknown and the notion that curiosity is the stuff that courage is made of.If you go into a situation with a presupposed thought of what it will be then that forms a self-fulfilling prophecy--but to allow yourself to see what happens along the way,without all of the judgement and arrogance that comes with assumption--that is the way to be.No wasting of precious time--only open hands that are willing to receive the balance of experiences that life offers. It's also nice to picture myself as a simple daisy amongst many daisies looking to oneanother with smiles on our faces and crinkles in our eyes.We are not alone--although we like to believe that we are all of the time.I think it makes a person feel special and validated to think that they are not understood or that their pain is unique to humanity.Well--keep on dreaming, dreamer....this is a great way to be disconnected.Not to say that each of us doesn't experience things that are unique to our spirit--simply to say that no one is of more intrinsic worth than anyone else--and pain is pain.I like this thought.It gives me the power of my own identity and at the same time is expansive because it connects me to other life(animal and vegetal too:):)