So good of you to respond this way, Bill. I appreciate what you say. Sheila
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 3:30 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Quite a different piece from you, Sheila, I would have thought. Ruminative
> still but exploring more than solitary internals. Not sure that space can
> ‘cradle’ but I like the way you celebrate it.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 6:41 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I did not argue him away from his affection. I left off thought
> > and let it be awhile, this arduous July of heat and friction
> > and desire for coolness if some smoothing could evolve.
> >
> > He was asking my agreement, and my voice relaxed
> > into professional response, conveying maybe
> > that opinions matter less than what we build between us,
> >
> > part intentional and part an accident in openness.
> > How is everyone important independently? The space between
> > one voice and another cradles something in us wanting
> >
> > to be played the way a violin or game of handball might,
> > with every facet of being intertwined with
> > every facet of being known and almost loved.
> >
> > Because that's what we do when we allow the softness
> > spirited and clear and gentling toward a picture
> > that includes the roses and the nutrients and land and breath and sky.
> >
> > Sheila E. Murphy
> >
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