Martin Luther King Day in Urbana

it's beautiful today, Martin Luther King day, my last day of holiday.

i am back in Urbana now. i sprained my ankle fierce last weekend. it required crutches for a while, and still looks like a rhinocerous' foot.

because of it, i have been prompted to slow down, spend time in my old new space, and settle in some. though i have emailed folks to drop by to say hi while home-bound for the week, ive had no unexpected visitors. after a couple days of good enthusiastic sociality, people have stopped calling to get together, too. i remember this: a small town with lots of possibilities and little time. as monet showed, sometimes, seeing things too closely leads to a lessened appreciation of the beautiful bigger picture the pieces are a part of.

unpacking my house, i ran across a notebook from years ago. lots of notes on meetings, notes on plans, and general writings. on the first page is a quote i put there that i long ago forgot. glad to find it again. thought id share it here. happy MLK Day!

"Don't worry. Yours is no unique condition,
your type of search and conflict and construction,
don't worry if you have no answers ready
to the lasting question.
Hold out, meditate, listen.
Explore, explore. Travel the world over.
Count happiness as connatural to the mind.
More than truth is, and yet
no happiness to exist without it.
Walk with a cold, true pride.
Utterly ahead
wild attentive eyes,
head flicked by the rain -- wet
green needles of the pine,
eyelashes that shine
with tears and with thunders.
Love people..."

-Yvegney Vevtushenko

nice, huh?

huh

xo