Many decades ago I started writing about the challenge of making commitments in this time of uncertainty about the future, and my own tendency to see both sides of a question. Even though I felt passionate about the environment and nature, I found it hard to be an activist on the front lines, because too often I could see things from the other side. I was a thinker, not a "doer" - or so I thought.
My piece on commitment morphed and gained a working title of "Recipe for Living a Life". The subtitle was "Countering Despair and Lack of Hope".
Of course, the piece is not yet finished; the more I read, the more there is to tell. But not for Mary Oliver. She said it all in twelve words:
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be
astonished. Tell about it.
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| Frost, Oregon Grape |
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