The Summer Day - Poem Mary Oliver

In this track, I share a reading of "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver, a poem that beautifully captures the importance of mindfulness and being present. This poem encourages us to reflect on how we spend our time and live authentically. Let this reading remind you to honor your path and the choices that shape your life.

Transcript

The Summer Day Who made the world?

Who made the swan and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper,

I mean.

The one who has flung herself out of the grass.

The one who is eating sugar out of my hand.

Who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down.

Who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention.

How to fall down into the grass.

How to kneel down in the grass.

How to be idle and blessed.

How to stroll through the fields.

Which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me,

What else should I have done?

Doesn't everything die at last and too soon?

Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life.

Reviews

Theresa captured Mary Oliver's magic in this poem & it has an incredible way of making you stop & see the world around you. My heart stops at the iconic lines about what you plan to do with your one wild & precious life. ✨️