"Every one of us is called upon, probably many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a job...and onward full tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven in spite of everything to make good on a new shore. To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another - that is surely the basic instinct....crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is."
~Barbara Kingsolver, "High Tide In Tucson"
(Totally got this out of this month's Oprah. More to come, just tired of looking at my old post.)
(Don't you just LOVE Barbara Kingsolver?)
Oh, my gosh! Thank you for sharing this! It is EXACTLY where my life is now, and I am embracing the glorious debris this time. I may have to buy Oprah this month just so I can cut out the quote.
And yes, I LOVE Babara Kingsolver!
Posted by: Megsie | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 05:07 PM
The perfect quote. And I do, in fact, LOVE Barbara Kingsolver. I must read something of hers this summer!
Speaking of reading...I'm sorry to say that my life of moving and packing has kept me from the book group. But please think of me for next time!
Posted by: Stephanie | Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:44 PM
YES. [emphatic]
Posted by: el-e-e | Monday, June 29, 2009 at 09:27 AM