Thursday, December 2, 2010


You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. 
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver


  1. Oh how wonderful...I feel peaceful reading those beautiful words.
    And the photo is perfect.

  2. Hi Robin,
    I'm so glad you liked this post ;-)

