"Birds make great sky-circles
of their freedom.
How do they learn it?
They fall, and falling,
they are given wings."

-Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Taking a Break

I haven't updated in a month, so I've been receiving a lot of emails asking when I'm coming back. To be honest? I need a break. My life has been so public that I need time again for myself. Classes start in a week and my surgery is in 3 months, so I will be quite busy. I'll update occasionally, and certainly once I finish the book that's currently consuming me, which deals with chronic pain. I will try to respond to emails as timely as possible, but bear with me as I take a step back.


The Winds of Fate

by Ella Wilcox

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the self-same winds that blow;
'Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
That tells them the way to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate
As we voyage along through life;
'Tis the set of the soul
That decides the goal
And not the calm or the strife.