Pleasure

[flexagon]

Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws.

Many people mistrust Pleasure and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could hardly stand to be in the same room with her. I went to sleep early to avoid her. I thought she was a gossip and a flirt and she drank too much. In school we learned that she was dangerous, and I was sure that she would distract me from my work. I didn't realize she could nurture me.

As I have changed, Pleasure has changed. I have learned to value her friendship.

~J. Ruth Gendler, The Book of Qualities

Comments

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

oh.

Thank you.

re subsequent posts: I am glad to read the acro classes went well.

[flexagon]

You're welcome. :)

I bought this book after someone read the "Courage" entry aloud at the end of a yoga class, and it was so worth it. Though this is the first work in the book, I do plan to post a few more that come later, over the next few weeks.