Clouds

[Albatross]

Clouds come floating into my life,
No longer to carry rain or usher storm,
But to add color to my sunset sky.

— Rabindranath Tagore

 

[recoveringenabler]

Thanks Albatross. That's beautiful.

That reminds me of that movie, 'Being there' which offered the idea of life being a perceptual experience, it's how you perceive something that colors your response, your emotional stance about it. I can perceive something as a struggle, or an opportunity to learn......

There was a workshop I took years ago where the the facilitator (who incidentally, like Nelson Mandela had been a political prisoner for many years) opened the seminar with the line, "suffering is a linguistic phenomenon, it happens in our languaging." I have thought of that often and find it a profound statement about the choice we have in how we view life.

 

[Scent of Cedar *]

No longer to carry rain or usher storm....

It is true that the memorable events of a life come in cloud form.

Some are beautiful.

Thank you.

:0)

Cedar

 

[Tanya M]

What a beautiful way to look at life. Our perception of things drive our emotions.
I love the idea of the "clouds" adding color to my life rather than just a storm.

 

[Tom14]

That's very lovely. There's sunshine after the rain.