“And now I understand something so frightening & wonderful-how the mind clings to the road it knows, rushing through crossroads, sticking like lint to the familiar.” ~ Mary Oliver

    I just discovered the above quote by my favorite poet. Doesn't it remind you of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?  We need to slow down at the crossroads, and really consider the roads less traveled;  to stop sticking like lint to the familiar. A new year is a crossroad.   2017....life with gusto.

    I then had to re-read and share a few more of her quotes. There is so much wisdom in her poetry.  

“And that is just the point… how the world, moist and beautiful, calls to each of us to make a new and serious response. That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. “Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?” ~ Mary Oliver

“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.” ~ Mary Oliver

“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” ~ Mary Oliver

“As long as you’re dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no rules.” ~ Mary Oliver