๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐?
The dew-snail;
the low-flying sparrow;
the bat, on the wind, in the dark;
big-chested geese, in the V of sleekest performance;
the soft toad, patient in the hot sand;
the sweet-hungry ants;
the uproar of mice in the empty house;
the tin music of the cricketโs body;
the blouse of the goldenrod.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข โ๐๐๐?
The thrush greeting the morning;
the little bluebirds in their hot box;
the salty talk of the wren,
then the deep cup of the hour of silence.
๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐?
The oaks, letting down their dark and hairy fruit;
the carrot, rising in its elongated waist;
the onion, sheet after sheet, curved inward to the pale green wand;
at the end of summer the brassy dust, the almost liquid beauty of the flowers;
then the ferns, scrawned black by the frost.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข?
The swallows making their dip and turn over the water.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
My dog: her energy and exuberance, her willingness,
her language beyond all nimbleness of tongue,
her recklessness, her loyalty, her sweetness,
her strong legs, her curled black lip, her snap.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐?
Queen Anneโs lace, with its parsnip root;
the everlasting in its bonnets of wool;
the kinks and turns of the tupeloโs body;
the tall, blank banks of sand;
the clam, clamped down.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐?
The sea, and its wide shoulders;
the sea and its triangles;
the sea lying back on its long athleteโs spine.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
The green beast of the hummingbird;
the eye of the pond;
the wet face of the lily;
the bright, puckered knee of the broken oak;
the red tulip of the foxโs mouth;
the up-swing, the down-pour, the frayed sleeve of the first snowโ
so the gods shake us from our sleep.
๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ
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Mediocrity means to go half way up the hill, half way in anything, never going to
the very top of the mountain or demanding all your energy, your capacity, never
demanding excellence.
Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti