–Mary Oliver
into the wild
The ancient ones called the soul
“anima”, recognizing that deep within us
lies that animal-self which longs for
purposeful freedom…
For “wild” animals have about them
a quiet, purposeful awareness…they live out their destiny without
a question or a doubt, unlike we
humans who weigh every happening,
pronouncing it either good or bad,
failing to trust the deep reality that
every act, every thought, every
decision flows from what is
highest and truest within us.
The wild ones seem to value life
for life’s own sake, making no
distinction between what is
extra-ordinary and what is ordinary,
everyday- human concepts, after all.
Perhaps we “tame” ones think
too much! using those thoughts
and doubts and judgments as
a way of avoiding life rather than
living it.
Perhaps what we need is to
truly “go wild”…surrendering to
ecstasy…loosening the binding
restraints of convention…and
joining in creation’s wild, on-going
dance of life.
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