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In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver – Quote of the Week

November 13, 2010 By Jean Wise

Mary Oliver wrote a beautiful poem titled In Blackwater Woods.  Read it in its entirety here:
Its closing lines are selected for the quote of the week:
To live in this world


you must be able
 to do three things:


to love what is mortal;


to hold it
 against your bones knowing
 your own life depends on it;


and, when the time comes, to let it go,


to let it go.

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  1. blankKaren says

    November 13, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Oh, my, Jeanie, letting go is hard, even when I know that’s in God’s plan.

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