this is what you shall do.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

"This is what you shall do;
Love the earth and sun and the animals,
despise riches, give alms to every one that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not concerning God,
have patience and indulgence toward the people,
take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men,
go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families,
read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life,
re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book,
dismiss whatever insults your own soul,
and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency
not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between
the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."
― Walt Whitman

9 comments:

  1. It's so perfect. Thanks Hannah <3

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  2. "This is what you shall do;"
    I love that part especially, it's so simple and straightforward and tells you so much about what is to come.

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  3. This is very, very, very beautiful.

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  4. HOW HOW HOW did I not know this blog existed. That is not a question. It's a HOW.

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  5. whoa whoa whoa, your blog is incredible. so happy to have found you. beautiful, inspiring, full of light. keep shining!

    xx
    http://petalandplume.blogspot.ca

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