Happy New Year Stewart. what a beautiful and thougtful post. and such a fond remembering of your mother. it's as if she was the stream running along side you and your sister's young and uncharted path. quite moving.
Your mom was perceptive and articulate, Stew, like you. In addition to the reminder to avoid fertilizing fear, which increases yields of hatred (one of our most abundant renewable resources, it seems), I particularly appreciated her advice to both cultivate dreams and know when to let them go, and to "remember that some things do not give up their mystery to microscopes and test tubes." The latter reminds me of Iris Dement's "Let the Mystery Be." Thanks for the timely and timeless share. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Stewart. what a beautiful and thougtful post. and such a fond remembering of your mother. it's as if she was the stream running along side you and your sister's young and uncharted path. quite moving.
i hope you're well.
xo
ross
Thanks, Ross. Happy New Year to you all. This time of year brings up a lot of memories. And with them often comes some wisdom that’s useful today.
Your mom was perceptive and articulate, Stew, like you. In addition to the reminder to avoid fertilizing fear, which increases yields of hatred (one of our most abundant renewable resources, it seems), I particularly appreciated her advice to both cultivate dreams and know when to let them go, and to "remember that some things do not give up their mystery to microscopes and test tubes." The latter reminds me of Iris Dement's "Let the Mystery Be." Thanks for the timely and timeless share. Happy New Year!