streamingwater john george naish
tumbling through the levels;
the falling
a dissonant counterpoint to my anticipation
thinking all my life
that i would rise to my place
and not fall
until i came to realize
that tumbling
isn't falling
but letting go
"...that tumbling isn't falling but letting go"
ReplyDeleteI like this. Sometimes I feel as though I am free falling through life. Perhaps I am just letting go:)
Lovely words here, Steven. I too like the idea of tumbling not as falling, merely letting go.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely; I love the analogy of tumbling, somehow I always picture it happening in slow motion, rather like a coin tumbling through water when dropped into a fountain.
ReplyDeleteVery well felt and said, Steven. I immediately thought of the movie we watched last night, "Black Swan." I hoped that she had let go of herself, and not just fallen.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful to contemplate this today. Thank you.
It's unanimous...tumbling as letting go has such a sense of peace to it.
ReplyDeleteNow if I could only remember when to tumble. ;)
Perfection!
ReplyDeleteThe waterfall is part of the iconography of the Empress. Today is her day!
Oh man I love being on a wavelength with you, Steven!
Sometimes we are letting go of somethings because we change our focus and are drawn in other directions. The energy and idealism we carry around in our youth mellows with age. As water tumbles it cleans itself so it becomes fresh and new. Niagara Tumbles.... let's rename it. One day because of it's limestone base, it will collapse and become a series of tumbling rapids anyway. This is a refreshing post. Thanks, Steven.
ReplyDelete'tumbling isn't falling but letting go' oh I love that.
ReplyDeleteWhat Ellen said-
ReplyDeleteSeems that as I get older and more resistant - letting go and tumbling is not something I care to do, I bruise more easily now.Seem to hang of more tightly to that which should welcome release.
Beautiful, shining, luminous image, to go along with your words of the same description.
ReplyDeleteYou are so honest to share the feelings and perceptions you experience. Thank you.
Yesterday I read an interesting piece by Diane Ackerman, in which she discussed how she and her husband adjusted their relationship and expectations after he suffered from a severe stroke. She described something similar to your words: "tumbling isn't falling but letting go."
ReplyDeleteAlways some thought-provoking stuff to be found here.
I hope you will experience May in a bluebell wood one of these days. Truly magical.
steven, many times, throughout life, we feel this drop, smooth as water on the stairs, fresh and light.
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lilith - i'd go with letting things happen as the mirror image of letting things go. it's not quite the lackadaisical state the words might suggest!! steven
ReplyDeleteelisabeth - it returns the notion of power to the state of being available to the future. steven
ReplyDeleteradcliffe - what an excellent visual! it approaches timelessness. steven
ReplyDeleteruth - the act of falling as i was feeling and expressing it has so much to do with releasing oneself from commitment to ideals or extrinsic goals. it's more about moving closer to what's necessary and that's driven by the future reaching backwards into the now of the moment. steven
ReplyDeletehope - whenever and wherever. it doesn't mean being less of a person, a slacker in your work, less present. it actually takes work to be more present. steven
ReplyDeletereya today it was fehu's turn to appear. we share the wealth you and i!!! steven
ReplyDeletelinda!!! niagara tumbles - i would so love to see that raging torrent but it will take more time than this body will allow and so be it. steven
ReplyDeleteellen - stumbling, tumbling, falling, drifting - letting go - just as if a raft were to carry you down the river without any paddles on board. you'd experience the experience. likely survive. be wiser for it. have a knowing unlike any knowing before. steven
ReplyDeletelinda sue as with everything you see it so clearly. the work of letting go is even more difficult and yet more rewarding than the holding on. steven
ReplyDeletejo thankyou very much. it's taken a while to get to this place and there's a journey still in front of me but the transparency i hope for is slowly emerging. the painting was a real inspiration. steven
ReplyDeletebee thankyou very much for the bluebell wood wish. it's likely funny to be reading the writing of an almost fifty four year old person whose wishes are so simple but they are what they are!! steven
ReplyDeleteoa.s, i've felt it differently at different stages of my life. now as a pre-mature adult i feel it as an opportunity to review and release. steven
ReplyDeleteyes, I like that... tumbling is letting go....
ReplyDeletehi valerianna - it's a little learning. steven
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