Sunny B Blessed: This is beautiful. Especially the line about wild things who don't tax their lives with forethought of grief. That hit me hard, because I do that, and I wish I could stop.
Scanningforlifeforms in reply to Sunny B Blessed: I know what you mean Sunny. Something that I read a long time ago, the phrase "Don't borrow trouble", that I remind myself and others of when I start to do that, hopefully it helps you as it has me. Not as poetic as the above, but easier to remember -
Don’t borrow trouble is an idiom that means don’t worry about something before it is time to worry about it. The idea is that worrying does not solve anything, and we often worry about things that never happen. Worrying about something that never happens wastes time and energy and distracts us from things that should command our attention today. Most people are unaware that the idiom don’t borrow trouble is an abbreviation of a longer phrase, don’t borrow trouble from tomorrow, or don’t borrow tomorrow’s troubles. This idiom came into use in North America in the mid-1800s and may be related to a passage from the Bible, Matthew 6:34: “So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” The idiom don’t borrow trouble admonishes us to not borrow trouble from tomorrow to deal with today. After all, tomorrow’s trouble may never come.
SafariLife: Beautiful poem. Love the image of the wood drake "resting his beauty on the water," and "coming into the presence of still water." Living in the desert as I do, anytime I'm in the presence of water, I am in awe and feel a sense of peace. Good reminder to reconnect with nature when you're feeling stressed with this world.
Don’t borrow trouble is an idiom that means don’t worry about something before it is time to worry about it. The idea is that worrying does not solve anything, and we often worry about things that never happen. Worrying about something that never happens wastes time and energy and distracts us from things that should command our attention today. Most people are unaware that the idiom don’t borrow trouble is an abbreviation of a longer phrase, don’t borrow trouble from tomorrow, or don’t borrow tomorrow’s troubles. This idiom came into use in North America in the mid-1800s and may be related to a passage from the Bible, Matthew 6:34: “So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” The idiom don’t borrow trouble admonishes us to not borrow trouble from tomorrow to deal with today. After all, tomorrow’s trouble may never come.