As one of my fellow bloggers (Penny … “The Why About This”) has written: “August has past and September has arrived, bringing seasons change to many parts of our planet. We tend to reflect more on things, as a new season emerges. I think possibly we are closer to nature during these times. Why is that do you suppose?
Another time of reflection occurs when reading quotes. The hosts (Nightlake, Ye Pirate and myself) of the Ligo Haibun Challenge have chosen the following two quotes for your reflections; delving into the romantic and philosophical nature of things. “
The haibun you will be writing this week will use one of the following two quotes:
“Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.” – Rumi
….. or …..
“If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?” – Khalil Gibran
I’m choosing the second quote by Rumi as my prompt:
“Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.” Rumi
Things in life usually come in pairs, in twos, in extremes, in opposites -night and day, hot and cold, black and white, good and bad, north and south, east and west. I have come to the realization that this has been the case in my life. I have experienced this plenty a’times – now looking back I can confirm it. There has always been a choice to be made.
Duality has had a place in my existence all the time. There’s been an inner clash of these opposites. I have always wondered … where should I go for advice? Which direction should I take? Where it the correct pathway? Questions, questions, questions … This is the thirsty looking for the water!
As I have gotten older, and hopefully wiser, I’ve realized the answers have always been there. Signs have been posted all along the way. Feelings have guided the way. The name for this is intuition ….. I always knew the answers, I always knew which road to take …. Now looking back, I always made the right choice; the choices that were right for me. These choices got me to where I am today. This is the water coming to the thirsty!
…… need for basic knowledge, need to simplify
…… reminds me of the “yin-yang”
…… the union of the thirsty with water
This is the first time that I attempt a Ligo Haibun Challenge. I hope that it’s at least satisfactory.
Someone out there … please, let me know!!
Here’s hoping you all have a great rest of the day and a wonderful weekend.
We ALL are ONE!! We ALL are connected!!
It Is What It Is 
Congratulations Horty, nicely done. Your approach is wonderful. Your written words flow. If you were to go back through and tighten up the paragraphs, you would enhance your expressive words and the meaning, even more (what I work on each week with my haibun – a bit of a challenge in and of itself, but fun). For example: Older and hopefully wiser, I’ve realized answers were always there. (what I kept and deleted to “tighten” is subjective, in that I mean very possibly when you tighten it up you might cut and rearrange different words for a different emphasis. I love what you’ve written. Please include your link in the link box so others can read your haibun also, dear friend and welcome to the challenge! Penny xx
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I need to learn. How do I include the link in the link box? I’m a newbie at this. Need all the help I can get!! TY
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Okay, piece of cake on this one! Go to my post for this week’s haibun challenge. You’ll find a little blue box that says.Links in collection,etc. Click on it and fill in the three lines it shows. The first line will be your URL for your post (this one —->
https://hrexach.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/ligo-haibun-the-challenge/#comment-1899 then your name and then your email, hit submit link and that’s it. You can tweet it then if you want to, also. But you’ll be linked. Let me know if you have a problem! 🙂
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welcome to Ligo Haibun! it is always nerve racking on the first go but i think this is a great start. i still get nervous writing for this challenge. thanks for sharing. 🙂
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