TWO SIDES OF A COIN

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(The inside of a weird glass cup, making it appear to be a constellation of stars. {GFDL})

(3 Mar 2011 -- This BLOG posting was a difficult one for me to 'post' and I almost did NOT post it, and then when I did post it I ALMOST deleted it!!!  NOW, I feel REALLY GLAD that I overcame my "..." , for the comments proffered were very meaningful to me personally!  THANK YOU !!! dht) 

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Knowing something and feeling something deeply are two sides of a coin.

Some things that happen are so devastating that they eclipse everything else until healed.

Some things are so wonderful that it's hard to relinquish them.

Two different feelings.

Two different perspectives.

Both powerful responses in a different landscape.

Polar opposites—

sunset – sunrise

night – day

rain – shine

cold – heat

wet – dry

dying – living

death – birth

moonlight – sunlight

endings – beginnings

goings – comings

goodbye – hello

low – high

short – tall

ugly – beauty

old – youth

dull – sharp

sour – sweet

hate – love

down – up

far – near

left – right

east – west

north – south

false – true

fake – real

push – pull

passive – aggressive

JUST A TOSS OF A COIN!

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr] 

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In this offering: What do you notice about the words? Their meaning? Sentence structure? Pairing of Sentences? First word, middle, or last words of Sentences? What words could be substituted? What connection words added for clarity? What meaning of your own would you assign to these words, phrases, sentences?

--------------- OR, Why didn't you just say so! ---------------

What will today bring?

Are events and circumstance just a toss of the coin in one's life?

If there a choice, on which side of the coin will you live?

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COMMENTS:

'Polar opposites', the balances of life.
"Some things are so wonderful that it's hard to relinquish them" = parenthood.  Even though we remain parents after our child has left (as we want them to do), the longing for the child remains. Today's poem/reflection (to me) is all about family and especially about children -- and also about 'changes' that occur regardless of whether or not we want them.  The question is always:  Will we be able to adapt [to our life's changes]?  Or will the changes encompass us, drag us down and spit us out [a more weary, fragile, and wary person]?  Good points to ponder.

This reminded me of a quote:  

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. [~Richard Feynman 1918-1988 an American physicist]

{~CAMV 4 Mar 2011}

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(Just a note about this image.  THERE are TWO perspectives to this PIX (a- a women in her Winter years, and b - a women in her Spring years. The chin of the young is the nose of the old. The necklace of the young is the lip of the old. Which perspective did you see first in this PIX?  Do you see the negative or positive perspective first in Life?  LIFE is how you 'see' it.)