🤍 The Peace of Wild Things

[Donkees]

Douglas Liu

When despair for the world grows in me...

I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

[Atticus]

1. Beautiful verse. Thank you. nt

[republianmushroom]

2. like it

[liberalla]

3. So lovely and lyrical...

Thank you

[appalachiablue]

4. Beautiful, TY and Wendell Berry.

[Hekate]

5. This is precisely what I need today, as all News has sickened me & I must turn away for a time...

With gratitude
💖💖💖

[Silver Gaia]

6. Lovely. Thank you.

🩶🤍🤍

[flying_wahini]

7. Like a breath of fresh air. Thanks for posting.

[Joinfortmill]

8. OMG! Love this.

[wendyb-NC]

9. Thank you, Donkees

That is an incredible idea, said with a sage spirit, beauty, and heartfelt love for the wild natural world. I'm bookmarking, it's like a gift.

[Martin Eden]

10. Love it!

Thankyou for sharing.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. "There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen"

“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

[calimary]

12. WUNNNNNNNNNderful quote!

When despair for the world grows in me...

I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

Love it, Donkees!

[Karadeniz]

13. Lovely!!

[MiHale]

14. Just got back from a hike in the forest...

Opened DU, landed on your post. Fitting. Thanks Donkees.

[cilla4progress]

15. Love this.

It was my go to after the 9-11 attacks.

😥
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[WestMichRad]

16. My favorite poem

Thank you for posting it, and for all the wonderful avian photographs!

[Snarkoleptic]

17. Nice!

I wish I could double-rec this post.

[AndyS]

18. That is the life I lived as a child

wandering the fields and streams of rural Texas in the mid '50s.















Thanks to all for the hearts. I'm humbled to be noticed