There are things you can’t reach. But You can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of god. And it can keep you busy as anything else, and happier. I look; morning to night I am never done with looking. Looking I mean not just standing around, but standing around As though with your arms open.

He is exactly the poem I wanted to write.

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness.

There is only one question: / how to love this world.

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.

What I have done is learn to love and learn to be loved. That didn't come easy.