I have just finished reading an excellent book: Bill Bryson's The Body. I have learnt a lot just by reading it.
I came across this quote:
“I’ve said it before in another book, but I believe it’s worth
repeating: the only thing special about the elements that make you is
that they make you. That is the miracle of life.”
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Bill Bryson, The Body
It was the moment I realized that I spent way too many years on focusing on the sadness of not being able to have children of my own. By doing that I completely forgot that I already had been blessed by a miracle of life - it is just wonderful that I was born and that I live. Now!
Sometimes it is really necessary to read something so you are able to see your own life from another prospective.
It is a beautiful sunny Sunday & off I go to enjoy another lovely walk in the forest.
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Photos above: were taken yesterday in the beautiful Lake Garda. I spent almost a week there (for work) but I did find some time for walks.
What a lovely post! And what beautiful pictures. I am glad that you had time to read and that the book was good! You sound very positive which is like a beam of sunshine in the grey of November.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a cozy evening!
I too think it is wonderful that you were born and that you live, and that we get to enjoy you - both in person and your writing!
ReplyDeleteI do love this perspective. I think it would bring a lot of comfort to so many people, including parents.
Also, Lake Garda in autumn. Che bello!
This is so lovely: "Sometimes it is really necessary to read something so you are able to see your own life from another prospective." I love that. We are our own miracles just by being. Beautiful lake, beautiful words!
ReplyDeleteBe kind to yourself. Grief needs time. I don't know a living person who would be able to feel like this right after stopping all efforts to conceive. Too many years? Nope. The necessary number of years.
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