Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life

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January 18, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. - Mary Oliver - Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life Mary Oliver was one of the most beloved poets of our times. A writer who was dazzled by her daily experience of life, and dazzled the rest of us by telling about it in her poems and essays. She deliberately stayed out of the public eye and what follows is one of her rare interviews -- a conversation with On Being's Krista Tippett. Read on for a glimpse of the remarkable woman who once wrote: "When it's over, I want to say: all my life/I was a bride married to amazement./I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms." { read more } Be The Change Read Mary Oliver's poem, "When Death Comes" in its entirety. What does it surface for you? { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well How to Age Gracefully One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Dying to Be Me 6 Habits of Hope Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works The Life of Death DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,204 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More