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- Gannet Girl
- Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans. What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
6 comments:
Thanks for the tips - if only I could find time to read them! I am particularly interested in the Pema Chodron book. Right now I am reading (a few pages a night before I conk out) an Irvin Yalom book, "Momma and the Meaning of Life." For anyone who has ever engaged in psychotherapy (on either side of the couch), it is fascinating!
Vicky
http://www.livejournal.com/users/vxv789/
I have a number of Pema's teaching sessions/retreats on tape and I used to listen to them in the car during long drives. She is an amazing teacher.
Peace, Virginia
...wow I dropped in here for a reason today...thank you..ELizabeth......
Hmmmm...guess I could order another book I'll start and not finish... Which do you recommend? Lisa :-]
Thanks for sharing. I'm always on the lookout for an interesting new read! ~ Lori
Thanks for the recommendations. Also, to Vicki below, I have heard of that "Momma and the Meaning of Life" book and want to read it.
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