Mindful
Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for - to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world - to instruct myself over and over in joy, and acclamation. Nor am I talking about the exceptional, the fearful, the dreadful, the very extravagant - but of the ordinary, the common, the very drab, the daily presentations. Oh, good scholar, I say to myself, how can you help but grow wise with such teachings as these - the untrimmable light of the world, the ocean's shine, the prayers that are made out of grass?
Mindful - meaning Summary
Ordinary Life as Instruction
The poem presents attention to everyday life as a discipline that leads to joy and wisdom. The speaker finds wonder not only in dramatic events but in ordinary sights and sounds, treating the natural world as a continual lesson. By urging herself to look and listen, she suggests that mindfulness means surrendering the self to the world's abundant, renewing presence.
Read Complete Analyses
Feel free to be first to leave comment.