Both, and...

One way I might write, especially on days that the ideas are not flowing or the time pressures are too great to allow me freedom to spend with words beyond a limited way, is to write from a quote.  Today I choose a quote from one from a favorite poets.

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day."    ~ee Cummings

Does my world answer to

either…or

or

both…and?

Being or doing…

Alone they stand,

Torn desires that beacon.

How I live in the world is a choice. 

I can savor. 

I can save. 

Can both co-exist—

opposites unable to intermingle

in my world of either…or? 

Or can they both wed

idea and action

to broaden my existance

allowing both…and? 

How I live in the world is my choice.

I get caught up in one and

lose the gift that the other offers.

Doing trumps being and my life

lines up in to-do’s.

Being trumps doing and I get lost

in thoughts and ideas.

How I live in the world is MY choice.

Reflection brings the balance. 

Both are gifts.

Being and doing

Both…and…

Together.

My choice.

I am grateful for our hosts.  A big thank you to Stacey, Tara, Dana, Betsy and Anna from Two Writing Teachers for dedicating space and time for teachers and teachers of literacy to come together to share ideas, practice and life experience.