Coalescence

( The Summer Day )

A snippet:

... to live in this world

you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

And another:

... You must not ever stop being whimsical.
And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

( The Journey )

All by Mary Oliver.