The Gardens and Down Cochrane Road

This beautiful snowfall calls for a little Mary Oliver.

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,

don’t hesitate.

Give in to it.

There are plenty

of lives and whole towns destroyed

or about to be.

.

We are not wise,

and not very often kind.

And much can never be redeemed.

Still, life has some possibility left.

Perhaps this is its way of fighting back,

that sometimes

something happens better than all the riches

or power in the world.

It could be anything,

but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.

Anyway, that’s often the case.

Anyway, whatever it is,

don’t be afraid of its plenty.

Joy is not made to be a crumb