“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum LP
Sitting in our living room, the kids asleep, Galen read this quote to me. It struck a chord with me and has resonated in my mind since hearing it. Take what you will from these words, but remember, taste the apples. Don’t be frightened by the possibility of a bitter or sour taste, but know that you could have the sweetest moment of your life if you just try.
Original Post on February 3, 2014 on http://www.atlanticdaydreams.com
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