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An Opinionated Daddy's View of Life

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Kind Note From a Reader

I received the following email from a kind and thoughtful reader.  I have no idea if it is original prose or not.  But, he was kind enough to send it in response to some of my postings, so I'd like to share it with the other readers.


... read your latest...
... blog post...
... with a bit of identification...
... and more than a bit...
... sadness...


... having been on both...
... the much more often "not able"...
(... too given to wandering to anchor thus...)
... and the longing...
(... sometimes wishing against that wind...)
... ends...
... i know the entirety sucks...
... far, far more than a cheap salve...
... of ill-quoted Tennyson...
... can soothe...
... even if it be sooth adamant...


... and i certainly have not...
... learned where to yield...
... do i submit a wiser mind...
... and a wizened heart...
... or shall i prepare...
... to judge myself a fool...
... if ripened heart is the harvest...
... of conceit indiscriminate...


... and while being content...
... to gather the manna of the day...
... and hope not to carry over...
... may be spiritually mature...
... it seems i may be contentious built...
... truly wanting a long sabbath...


... alas...
... i shall pray found that...
... balance...
... of desire and require...
... so that heart and mind...
... grow strong, fruitful...


... and wish beyond hope...
... that challenges as yours...
... are again presented...
... in the blog here...


l****
Daddyhunt, October 2 at 4:33am  

Doing nice things for another, known or unknown, enriches the soul.  We are, after all. All in this together. Right?

At least, that is what THIS DADDY thinks.


 The Mountain Goats (stylized "the Mountain Goats") are an American folk rock band formed in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mountain_Goats


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