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It Takes Life to Love Life

February 18, 2021 by Rogier 6 Comments


The Seer has asked that we share this poem with her Lightfamily. It isn't regarded as a great literary work, but the wisdom contained in its simple words is life-altering.

Lucinda Matlock
By Edgar Lee Masters

I went to the dances at Chandlerville,
And played snap-out at Winchester.
One time we changed partners,
Driving home in the moonlight of middle June,
And then I found Davis.
We were married and lived together for seventy years,
Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children,
Eight of whom we lost
Ere I had reached the age of sixty.
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed —
Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys.
At ninety-six I had lived enough, that is all,
And passed to a sweet repose.
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you —
It takes life to love Life.

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Tallulah
Tallulah
1 day ago

I know this work and the collection it belongs to. What divine timing, Almine. It made me cry remembering the simple poetic lives of these characters and how much it applies to me now.
Bless you Beloved, Almine. Thank you, Rogier for posting this..

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Dhani
Dhani
5 days ago

Okay then……!

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Ginette
Ginette
7 days ago

Thank You for this, Almine. I feel the passion and the joy. It is wise and beautiful 🙂

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moana
moana
7 days ago

♥️♥️♥️

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Mac
Mac
7 days ago

Beautiful. Many resonances.

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Mishi
Mishi
7 days ago

How incredibly and truthfully inspiring this is. Yes, it takes life to love life- to live and love to the fullest- in height, in depth, in width and in breadth. May we all live and love life to the fullest.
Thank you Beloved Almine and Rogier. This is inspiring and heart felt.

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