I picked up Mary Oliver's new book of poems, Red Bird, yesterday.
I found this.


"Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Talk about it."




I was sharing this with my friend Daron and as I wrote it down in my email, I realized that he does this. My friend Jeanne does this. My teacher, Erich Schiffmann does this. Writers I like do this, poets, painters, friends, my husband...this is what makes them so interesting and challenging and keeps me doing the same.