Doesn’t everything die at last and to soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life.*
Mary Oliver

My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.**
Oliver Sacks

Perhaps there is much
still to happen within and through us,
An unfolding, tendril-like, from
our deep gratitude and
residue of days,
Even for the joy of others.

*Kate Clanchy’s How To Grow Your Own Poem;
**Oliver Sacks’ Gratitude.