If only it had wings. What a beautiful line.
PALM TREE (Excerpt)
by Rabindranath Tagore
Palm tree, single-legged giant,
topping other trees,
peering at the firmament –
It longs to pierce the black cloud-celing
and fly away, away,
if only it had wings.
Photo: Chris Palmer
The last couple of classes we talked about the way things seem to run below the surface. Life is full and richer due to paradox. What happens below the surface goes unnoticed. It is interesting to examine events that seem chance and realize they emerged out of necessity. Frequently, we acknowledge in the retrospective rear-view mirror.
Alan Shapiro wrote this poem which has multiple meanings, but I found it speaks to life lived.
proceeds by chance
and necessity
becomes nonrandom
through randomness
builds complexity
from simplicity
nurtures consciousness
unconsciously
evolves purposely
creatures who demand
purpose
and discover
natural selection
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Teacher as Transformer 