After swimming, getting the house cleaned, and much needed haircuts, the best thing today happened to us between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. Bill Moyers introduced us to poet Nikki Giovanni. What a delightful woman this is! Moyers asked her to read a poem called Choices, and I want to share it with you.
CHOICES
If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do
It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do
If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want
Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral
When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal
I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry
Written by Nikki Giovanni
This is the last photo from the great sunset last weekend.
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