journey embraced (haibun)

Tournesol CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, Haibun, Haiku 2015-04-132015-04-13 1 Minute

Living in solitude, eating lightly, controlling the thought, word, and deed; ever absorbed in yoga of meditation, and taking refuge in detachment. Bhagavad Gita

I used to travel by train, bus or car Montreal to Toronto which was about a 5 hour trip; I kept counting how many kilometers I had left to get to my destination. Now I rather take the train and enjoy the scenery…I try to stay awake to enjoy sites I missed all those years when I was in a hurry. That vast Lake Ontario, the farmlands, trees and so many quaint towns we pass along the way now capture my attention. No longer am I attached to time and destination…the journey is part of the trip.

caterpillar rests
embracing tranquility
butterfly flutters

Carpe Diem Detaching

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A little bit about moi: I am a mom, a nana, a sister, a woman, a friend, a human being…a youth counsellor, Family Life Educator. I have been working in the helping profession for over 25 years and volunteered in various capacities from youths to seniors. Tournesol is my nom de plume for haiku and other Japanese form poetry here at Tournesoldansunjardin https://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy reading through my daily waka. I also have another blog "Stop the Stigma" where I may stand on my soapbox now and then and hope it will become a place to drop in and share or comment on issues important to you. In that vein this could be a great way to learn from each other. http://stigmahursteveryone.wordpress.com View all posts by Tournesol

Published 2015-04-132015-04-13

15 thoughts on “journey embraced (haibun)”

Yer Forest Pirate says:

2015-04-13 at 09:56

You made a point with the prose, haiku and quote that could be fruitdully discussed all day….enjpyed this very much

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-04-13 at 16:21
  
  Thanks, Hamish, for your kind words:)
  
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afairymind says:

2015-04-14 at 09:19

I love travelling and always try to take the scenic routes when possible. Too many people are in too much of a hurry nowadays – they don’t take the time to appreciate the beauty around them. Great post. 🙂

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-04-15 at 01:12
  
  Thanks so much for sharing and visiting:) I figure if you are going to spend over 5 hours travelling, why not use up that time and enjoy.
  
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Suzanne says:

2015-04-14 at 10:41

what a delightful haiku to go with a very thought provoking quote and haibun

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-04-15 at 02:38
  
  Thanks, Suzanne, hope you are well.
  
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  1. Suzanne says:
    
    2015-04-15 at 11:44
    
    Yes pretty well thanks. Glad to finally be back online and bloggging again.
    
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  2. Tournesol (Clr) says:
    
    2015-04-16 at 00:36
    
    Hope your life is less hectic and you can go on nice hikes or drives and share your amazing photos:)
    
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  3. Suzanne says:
    
    2015-04-16 at 12:17
    
    Thanks so much for your good wishes. 🙂
    
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martha0stout says:

2015-05-05 at 16:05

I’ve found great joy in watching the scenery whenever we drive into town now that I live so far from everything.

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-05-05 at 16:48
  
  Awesome…I`m so pleased you are enjoying your new home.
  
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  1. martha0stout says:
    
    2015-05-05 at 21:14
    
    I do love it. It just makes me have long periods where I can’t do things online, but I’m adapting…slowly…
    
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  2. Tournesol (Clr) says:
    
    2015-05-05 at 21:18
    
    You no longer have internet at home, you mean? only when you can go to the library?
    
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  3. martha0stout says:
    
    2015-05-05 at 21:26
    
    Yeah. We were going to get internet, really slow internet, but that didn’t work out. Can you believe ALL of the phone jacks in the house were bad? So I can really only check things reliably on Saturdays and that has a time limit as well because our new library is only open for four hours on Saturday and there’s a lot of other work we have to do on Saturdays as well.
    
    I’m randomly at my sister’s for the day and she’s kind enough to let me use their internet.
    
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  4. Tournesol (Clr) says:
    
    2015-05-06 at 06:13
    
    All the phone jacks were bad here too and it took 3 technicians to finally get it right after two years. I just have internet with a new company that is really cheap and no cable or satellite except Netflix. So never watch tv but hook up my laptop to my screen to watch movies. When I retire I may not be able to afford that either, so I`ll take my laptop or tablet to a coffee shop. Glad you can go to your sister’s too.
    
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