At my riverside window seat on the first day of 2008! I woke up to the sound of the water flowing over the rocks, as it has done for eons and I felt reassured...
New Year's Day often feels laden with the boundless possibility (and thus responsibility) of the 364 days ahead and the gentle sadness of another year gone, never to be repeated.
So to hear the river doing what it always does, and now, to see three black African ducks swim in a gentle tripod to the bridge, hop onto its cement walkway and sit sunning themselves - all this soothes my Western time-is-limited-so-hurry-up mind and shows me that sometimes, sitting sunning yourself on a warm patch of rock is all that matters.
New Year's Day often feels laden with the boundless possibility (and thus responsibility) of the 364 days ahead and the gentle sadness of another year gone, never to be repeated.
So to hear the river doing what it always does, and now, to see three black African ducks swim in a gentle tripod to the bridge, hop onto its cement walkway and sit sunning themselves - all this soothes my Western time-is-limited-so-hurry-up mind and shows me that sometimes, sitting sunning yourself on a warm patch of rock is all that matters.
2 comments:
Bonne Année ma petite chérie !
I can imagine you just like a little princess by your window ...
waiting for your prince ...
Trust that he will come ! you deserve it ...
I love reading you and I'm happy you're following up on your blog.
... like the ducks I go on sitting on my rock (flat) ...watching the trees swaying and the time go by ... This morning, I lit up all my lights, and put my favourite radio music pgm on : Radio Nostalgie! brings me back to many happy and/or sentimental moments of my life.
It's going to be a GOOD YEAR !
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