The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
---Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
---Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
I absolutely LOVED this poem.
We can accept losing things - sometimes we are meant to lose.
Accept it, and don't let it feel like a disaster, even though that is what it feels like - we all lose our place, and the people we love sometimes - but, the 'art of losing isn't too hard to master'...
Sometimes pain is inevitable - but suffering is optional...
I hope you learnt to master the One Art... I'm still practicing - losing, and 'losing farther, losing faster' and not letting it seem like disaster...
- JB
2 comments:
easier said then done....but it totally gives me hope that im not the only one that has to deal with...however i will keep in mind that suffering is optional and try to incorporate that with my life...:)
Hi this is my first fan mail. Ill keep it short which will be hard (dont want to make it look like my blog). But I read this very early in the morning and whatever little drowsiness i had "I lost that" too. Many people enjoy pain in one form or the other. I like to imagine losing people and thinking how will life be without them. It makes me decide how important that person is for me. If that person scores high, I like to cherish every second and find eternity in each moment that I get to spend with that person before the losing begins. Ooops I think this was a lengthy comment.
Neil Christy the great
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