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| − | My friends, let's grow up. | + | My friends, let's grow up.<br> |
| − | Let's stop pretending we don't know the deal here. | + | Let's stop pretending we don't know the deal here.<br> |
| − | Or if we truly haven't noticed, let's wake up and notice. | + | Or if we truly haven't noticed, let's wake up and notice.<br> |
| − | Look: Everything that can be lost, will be lost. | + | Look: Everything that can be lost, will be lost.<br> |
| − | It's simple - how could we have missed it for so long? | + | It's simple - how could we have missed it for so long?<br> |
| − | Let's grieve our losses fully, like human ripe beings. | + | Let's grieve our losses fully, like human ripe beings.<br> |
| − | But please, let's not be so shocked by them. | + | But please, let's not be so shocked by them.<br> |
| − | Let's not act so betrayed, | + | Let's not act so betrayed,<br> |
| − | As though life had broken her secret promise to us. | + | As though life had broken her secret promise to us.<br> |
| − | Impermanence is life's only promise to us, | + | Impermanence is life's only promise to us,<br> |
And she keeps it with ruthless impeccability. | And she keeps it with ruthless impeccability. | ||
| − | To a child, she seems cruel, but she is only wild, | + | To a child, she seems cruel, but she is only wild,<br> |
| − | And her compassion exquisitely precise. | + | And her compassion exquisitely precise.<br> |
| − | Brilliantly penetrating, luminous with truth, | + | Brilliantly penetrating, luminous with truth,<br> |
| − | She strips away the unreal to show us the real. | + | She strips away the unreal to show us the real.<br> |
| − | This is the true ride - let's give ourselves to it! | + | This is the true ride - let's give ourselves to it!<br> |
| − | Let's stop making deals for a safe passage - | + | Let's stop making deals for a safe passage -<br> |
| − | There isn't one anyway, and the cost is too high. | + | There isn't one anyway, and the cost is too high.<br> |
We are not children anymore. | We are not children anymore. | ||
| − | The true human adult gives everything for what cannot be lost. | + | |
| + | The true human adult gives everything for what cannot be lost.<br> | ||
Let's dance the wild dance of no hope. | Let's dance the wild dance of no hope. | ||
''by Joyce Wellwood'' | ''by Joyce Wellwood'' | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 3 January 2006
My friends, let's grow up.
Let's stop pretending we don't know the deal here.
Or if we truly haven't noticed, let's wake up and notice.
Look: Everything that can be lost, will be lost.
It's simple - how could we have missed it for so long?
Let's grieve our losses fully, like human ripe beings.
But please, let's not be so shocked by them.
Let's not act so betrayed,
As though life had broken her secret promise to us.
Impermanence is life's only promise to us,
And she keeps it with ruthless impeccability.
To a child, she seems cruel, but she is only wild,
And her compassion exquisitely precise.
Brilliantly penetrating, luminous with truth,
She strips away the unreal to show us the real.
This is the true ride - let's give ourselves to it!
Let's stop making deals for a safe passage -
There isn't one anyway, and the cost is too high.
We are not children anymore.
The true human adult gives everything for what cannot be lost.
Let's dance the wild dance of no hope.
by Joyce Wellwood
