"Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life"

[sun_set_bravely]

This morning, when I walked out of my house in my happy magenta hat, my pocket scarf, and my badass-muthafucka leather coat, I knew that I had to stop at the Union Square Farmer's Market if it was there. Sure enough, it was, and I took fifteen mental health minutes from the beginning of my workday to saunter through the market.

It's so much different in the morning than in the evening! The energy is high, the tables are overflowing with macoun apples, fresh cut cosmos flowers, zucchini bread, and aloe vera plants. I saw a group of schoolchildren listening to a man talk about organic farming. I listened to a baker ask a long-time customer about her daughter, who is now in school and "is absolutely precious." I watched the autumn light dash through the Square in the spaces in between the buildings, suddenly illuminating people as they walked towards the table loaded with fresh foccacia bread.

I couldn't stop smiling. I still can't. There is so much joy and beauty in this world. Sometimes I love this city so intensely. I want to make a job for myself where I can get up early and find these lively cityscapes everywhere. Where I can eavesdrop on the sudden bursts of organized energy that happen every day on these streets. I never thought I could love this place so much.

and when you live in a world,
it gets into who you thought you would be,
and now I laugh at how the world changed me,
I think life chose me, after all

Comments

[theotoky.livejournal.com]

Ok. Now I can't stop smiling.

Thank you for this post.

ps - what is that quote from?

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad! The quote is from Dar Williams' song "After All", which is on "The Green World". It's a beautiful album, and a beautiful song.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i was going to ask about that too. i like it very much. i'll toss this in, a quote from henry van dyke:

Be glad of life because it gives you
the chance to love, and to work,
and to play, and
to look up at the stars.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, now I realize that there are two quotes in the post. The last one is from Dar Williams. The title of the post is from The Boss, "The Rising", a song which has recently latched onto my brain and won't let go.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I had a client who is in the flower business. Hard, difficult work, but early morning vistas amid flowers everywhere.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

I can imagine. An acquaintance of mine used to work in his parents' flower shop growing up, and he said that people would like flowers much less if they had to work in a shop. But I imagine the rewards you speak of would be worth it.

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

A happy post! Thanks for the happy post of the day!!!

[freak1c.livejournal.com]

*Big Fat Smiles*

That's a beautiful town you live in Ms. Glad you could soak some of it up this morning.

Happy weekend to you.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

thanks for the wonderful word picture!~paul