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Carlyle said that how to observe was to look,
but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe.
~ Henry David Thoreau, Journal, September 13, 1852
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- I live in my dream place with Husband, one beloved rescued cat and one beloved rescued dog, and the warm memories of many other treasured pets. I rarely sleep for more than four hours at a time and would happily nap/wake/nap/wake all day and night. I am undisciplined, a classic underachiever. I believe that inevitable tragedy is a fork in the road, offering lessons in emotional and spiritual growth. One of my coping skills is a quick and wicked wit and I often crack me up. I avoid people who talk neverendingly about nothing. I cannot bear unrelieved humorless negativity. I like people who are comfortable with silence. I like listening to people who learn from Life. I have received a few Blogger Awards, and while I find them momentarily gratifying, they're just too much like chain emails and I gratefully decline to receive any more of them.
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6 comments:
I so agree with Thoreau. There is a huge difference between looking and truly seeing. Just as there is a difference between hearing and truly listening.
I love this quote and try my best to see and listen as Bonnie mentions!
What a blessing! I would be absolutely over the moon if I had those beauties walking through my back yard.
I enjoyed this post and I like Thoreau too. What a life that was.
Thanks for helping me to make history.
Pick a Peck of Pixels
Oh, yes. Thoreau had a great life in many ways, judging from what I know of him. Much time for thought, for satisfying work, for observing.
Carolynn, I am quietly satisfiedly over the moon, knowing that my presence is not a disturbance to these beauties. I am here and they are there and it's all just a joy.
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