Apollo and Daphne, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Longing is the core of mystery.
Longing itself brings the cure.
The only rule is, Suffer the pain.
Your desire must be disciplined,
and what you want to happen
in time, sacrificed.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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this poem especially resonates for me, as i have just spent the past 22 months suffering the pain of having my desire discipline, and all that i wanted to happen in time, sacrificed...& it hurts like hell...
ReplyDeleteOh, so sorry. May it pass . . .
ReplyDeletethanks much, ruth...it actually has begun to pass, as over the course of the past few weeks, i have literally felt like a curse had been lifted, and even had someone i shared my sufferings with be given a word for me from proverbs 26:2, that the "undeserved curse shall not alight"...so thanks so much for your encouragement as well...
ReplyDeleteit actually has begun to pass, as over the past few weeks i have begun to feel as if a curse has finally been lifted, to the point where one person was even given a word from God for me from Proverbs 26:2, that the "undeserved curse shall not alight"...& so thanks so much for your encouragement as well...
ReplyDeleteWonderful . . . that it is passing, and the apt line from Proverbs.
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