how can you say something new about being alone? tell somebody you're a loner; right away they think you're lonely. it's not the same thing, you know. it's not wanting to put all your marbles in one pocket. and that's caring enough not to care too much. mostly, i guess it's letting yourself come first for awhile.
-rod mckuen, from "some traveling music"
photo taken on the basin trail at fort fisher, sitting on boardwalk over the marshlands between the cape fear river and the atlantic ocean
3 comments:
Love the quote. Yes, being a loner doesn't equate loneliness. And not to care too much is caring enough - I would strongly support that view, if I felt it that way. But I do go along with it.
It's a wonderful intimate picture that you posted. I see you as a huge soul. It appears to me, as if you were well under way on the path to what Mandela describes by these words:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Have you been to the Bhavana Society in High View, WV?
no, i haven't Max... tell me more about it?
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