3.26.14 Passed Blithely By

Still, at 61, I am caught unawares, 

when circumstances seem to happen to us,

 and we manage the wisdom to walk about ,

 holding the emotions of disappointment and grief, 

experiencing them - versus shielding ourselves from them. 

And that very willingness to do so lands us in a new place, 

Full of surprise and appreciation at the turn of events , 

which reveal themselves as strangely beneficent. 

As something we would not have chosen ; 

and blinded to, would have blithely passed by altogether.