There are moments that cry out to be fulfilled.
Like, telling someone you love them.
Or giving your money away, all of it.
Your heart is beating, isn’t it?
You’re not in chains, are you?
There is nothing more pathetic than caution
when headlong might save a life,
even, possibly, your own.
—– Mary Oliver
Image: Falls County, Texas by Carol Von Canon via Flickr.
At first I didn’t understand the meaning of the first line, but then I got it. It’s that pause where a turn will be made. Will we hold back or plow forward?
Luanne,
I agree the pause impacts how we move forward. So much to ponder in Oliver’s lines.