Sometimes the kindest thing you can do for a person, whether it be out of respect, love or gratefulness, is just to keep quiet, and to keep walking on down that road, because, you know? You'll never get anywhere if you turn back. And neither will they. You start to realize that the cost of temporarily relieving your own pain isn't worth the price of burdening someone you care about.
It takes a long time to learn this. And a lot of trial and error, to know when to speak up, and when to keep your mouth shut. A lot of regrets. A lot of "what ifs". It's easy to bury some emotions: shame, fear, worry. Those go to the dark corners of us, to get stamped out when possible. To lurk when not. But it's harder to bury the best feelings: love, hope, joy. It's torture to lock these things up, behind a door in the life you once lived, and to walk away.
(I've been reading a really interesting book lately, and it's made me a bit philosophical and nostalgic tonight).
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It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain
Sigh. I am forever and hopelessly addicted to spring. While I am quite happy with our wet and mossy winters, my heart pounds with wild, reckless, soaring joy when the world is blooming. The street outside my apartment building has turned into Plum Tree Row, and the scent of those delicate pink blossoms fills my head every time I walk outside. Vibrant greens - in the color of "new" - sprout from the branches in my neighborhood. The skies are alternately sunny and stormy and sunny again, rich at times with towering thunderclouds. The daylight hours lengthen like a cat stretching, deliciously and slowly, enjoying every extra inch.
The possibilities are endless when the world is filled with spring.
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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. ~Christopher Morley
Taken Christmas Day with a Hasselblad 500 C/M.
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Neahkahnie Mountain never fails to impress me. Nor does it fail to impress my Hasselblad.
As a side note, my Hasselblad set here on Flickr hit 1,000 images the other day (with the addition of the cherry tree/book/bench photo). I think it's safe to say that this is a lasting relationship.
Fourth, and probably final, post for the day.
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of spring. Thought I'd post some tulips to celebrate.
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