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Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,

After all this time, I still feel incomplete if I can't say, "Mom, look at this!"
I think always it will be thus. Is there a cure? A path?

Surprised by Joy
By William Wordsworth

Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—
But how could I forget thee?—Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

Don't turn away from the grief that your body carries.
Mine has carried it too.
Don't turn away from the sharp pain of loss that hit your chest.
Mine met that also.
The word,
Human and Being,
both mean that we will feel these two things.
And that moments like the season,
changing,
or perhaps the fall breeze caressing our back,
will make us remember,
again,
what the reality of living,
also is.
Letting go,
is not an option we get to choose.
It's actually mandatory.
It's a must.
For if we were to carry everything with us,
we'd get too heavy.
It's best to release,
a few bits,
here and there.
So shuffle out those cupboards,
and tidy out the round corners of your soul.
Found in the cracks and crevasses of a heart,
are precious jewels of memories to be let go.
Allow the crisp autumn sun,
to melt whatever was here and still hard.
Surrender it for the winter.
Ready,
for the time of retreat that is to come.
Don't turn away from the grief your body carries,
instead hold it,
embrace it,
kiss it,
then,
tenderly bid it farewell.
For where we are headed,
we need less of it.
For comfort and connection,
this full,
feeling heart is best advised.
Sarah Norrad

A world of grief and pain.
Flowers bloom-
Even then.
Kobayashi Issa

> Magnificent! But say it ain't so - I can't.

Thank you!

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I didn't realise the phrase "surprised by joy" was from Wordsworth till now. I only knew it from CS Lewis.

^ Yes, and did you know that, much later, CS Lewis, the perennial bachelor, met and married a woman named Joy?