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Jodi Cohen's avatar

I love you. I thought of this poem. I have no idea what it means or how it relates to what you wrote.

Pride

Even rocks crack, I tell you,

and not because of age.

For years they lie on their backs

in the heat and the cold,

so many years,

it almost seems peaceful.

They don’t move, so the cracks stay hidden.

A kind of pride.

Years pass over them, waiting.

Whoever is going to shatter them

hasn’t come yet.

And so the moss flourishes, the seaweed swirls,

the seaweed pushes through and rolls back,

and it seems they are motionless.

Till a little seal comes to rub against the rocks,

comes and goes away.

And suddenly the stone is split.

I told you, when people break, it happens by surprise.

–Dahlia Ravikovitch

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Patti Digh's avatar

one of my very favorite poems, thank you.

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Jodi Cohen's avatar

do you know her book : A Dress of Fire?

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Patti Digh's avatar

I don’t!

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Laura Davis's avatar

Patti, what a gorgeous, beautifully rendered piece of inspiration to wake up to in the morning. Thank you. I was really bowled over by the wisdom and beauty of this piece of writing.

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Heather Hall's avatar

Yes! This feels soo true. And I love the visual with it. :-)

I shared with my contemplative community and they agree.

I needed reminder during these challenging times.

Thank you.

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Tara Gasta's avatar

thank you ♥️

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Joanie's avatar

Wow is this beautiful. I needed this- thank you Patti ❤️

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Tamira Burns's avatar

Love you so very much! I hear you, and see you.

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Lenora Roseen's avatar

Beautiful, Patti! And I love all of Grant Snider’s work at Incidental Comics. His Substack and his award-winning books are wonderful. https://open.substack.com/pub/incidentalcomics?r=cxl3&utm_medium=ios

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Ashley Grice's avatar

I've been reading you for years (decades, even, I daresay, if that's possible). This essay very quickly jumped to my Patti's Top 10 list. Thank you for your wisdom, your heart, and your gift.

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Lisa J Rough's avatar

I love this so much and resonate with almost every word. ❤️

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Randall Van Nostrand's avatar

So beautiful, moving from rock to water, and yet, difficult to do. Very inspiring.

I don’t know if this interview (link below) will speak to you, but I found it encouraging.

About 2/3rds of the way through, she talks about wanting something badly and not being able to make it happen. Your piece reminded me of it.

https://www.melrobbins.com/episode/episode-290/

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Karen Bryant Lucas's avatar

Thank you, Patti. I’ve been struggling to find my way forward in the current chaos. Spending time with a Howard Thurman quote: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” What you’ve written speaks to me about coming alive, instead of putting myself in a straitjacket of shoulds and oughtas.

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Susan Payne's avatar

Patti,

I love so much the poem Water you’re writing Water. It’s so speaks to me and where I am right now and yet I needed the words and you supplied them. Thank you.💜❤️

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kcmeares (null's avatar

Sounds like peace ! Kat

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daphne cohn's avatar

such a gorgeous piece of writing. thank you.

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Unforgotten Books's avatar

Elegant, intelligent and most of all, inspiring.

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Caroline Edwards's avatar

Patti, I love how you are so mindful of your evolution and open to being changed. It is very hard to surrender how we feel we *should* be (I'm speaking personally). I am working to see if my way of handling things may no longer serve me, and to adopt an attitude of openness and curiosity to what appears before me. Your essay helps to frame that for me. Thank you!

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