"The call of death ...."

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.

Hermann Hesse

"The notion of the infinite variety ...."

The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance.

Annie Dillard

Beauty in many forms

Beauty in many forms
Gratitude in many ways.

Folds, layers

Folds, layers,
no matter
if unfold.

Passion afire

Passion afire,
Any age
is a good age.

Look far

Look far
Look up
The way
to age.

"Do not regret growing older ...."

“Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

Author Unknown

"... But there are moments ..."

… But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!

Oscar Wilde