What Is, Will Be
I aspire to, “what is will be,”
Yet live in impatience and stress
“What happens, accepted,” is key
In living a life of success.“Yet live, in impatience and stress
And survive,” is the goal, you’ll agree.
In living a life of success
You must free yourself of decrees.To survive is the goal, you’ll agree.
“Stuff happens – accept it!” is key
In living a life of success
I aspire to, “what is, will be,”
Almost two years ago a conversation amongst the Princesses revealed some disquieting news – a lost job, a troubled partner, struggling kids. One of us dug out the Keillor, as one does during these times, and quoted from Good Poems for Hard Times (ed. Garrison Keillor):
Prayer
Whatever happens. Whatever
what is is is what
I want. Only that. But that.
The tiny nugget of difficult wisdom has reverberated. Whatever “what is” is supposed to be, is all I want. I wish I were the type of person who could easily exhale, acquiesce and exist in “que cera,” “Thy Will be done,” “Whatever will be…”
Maybe someday.
NB: These poems appear as they appeared, so this one is not very good, but it is what it is. See? Learning already.
I might just have to hang that Kinnell poem on my wall or desk.
I love What Is, Will Be and love the Kinnell poem. Beautiful.
Rock that pantoum, Tanita!
“Stuff happens – accept it!” is key – Love that! (So happy to see you sharing your poems online.) I will never be a perfectionist, and accepting things as they are is important to me. I’d take this idea one step further:
“Yet live, in impatience and stress
And survive,” is the goal
I aim to thrive, to celebrate, to be happy. Surviving is good. And some days, surviving is all I’m reaching for! But loving life even with all its downsides is the real challenge. I remember sitting out on the patio at my sister’s hospital and watching the ocean, trying to capture small moments of happiness in the midst of the grief.
OK, off my soapbox now.
By the way, I’m thinking YOU probably found the Kinnell poem since you are a genius at finding a poem for every occasion!
Actually, Laura, YOU are the one that dug that one out. Truly. ☺ But thank you for the compliment.