walking through the seasons
with the same shoes
it is sometimes a little hot
or a little cold
sometimes a little wet
or a little muddy
somehow like life
(and poetry)
*posted in 2024, edited in 2025
Archives par mot-clé : life
#4027 small stories (this one is true)
photo: the generosity of nature, Nelson
Pearls of wisdom are sometimes sent to us at the most unexpected times and places. For instance, while TWM* is awaiting surgery at the hospital, and we are feeling somehow sad and anxious, in the rather somber common room, as we watch the evening news (equally grim), a man arrives and sits near us. He rapidly initiates a conversation with TWM, which goes as follows:
TWM: What brings you here?
The man: I was on holidayin the North. The other morning, I woke up feeling utterly overwhelmed. I was brought here. I have incurable lung cancer; I have six months left to live.
LG: That is a brutal news for you.
The man: I am 86 years old; I have had a good life, I am ready to pass the torch.
And a long, wisdom-filled silence followed.
*TWM : The Welsh man
#4134 sans parole/wordless : escalier de la vie/life stairs
une photo qui date de plusieurs années et en la revoyant, je me dis que la disposition de cet escalier (North Beach, Tenby) illustre assez bien ma vie/ a photo from many years ago, when seeing it again lately I thought the stairs were a good illustration of my life.
#4102 haiku
Photo: The wind is having fun in the sands of Wharariki beach, near Cape Farewell (what a great name!)
And then realize/
that it is the little things/
which will create life/
#3084 haiku
photo : coastline, Pohara
there was that shadow
following me in the light
I just did not know