oranges
Last night, I finished a beautiful book. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (she also wrote Chocolat).
And this theme of home, it has really made quite an entrance into my life this week...
A line from the last few pages of the book:
"It took a little time, you know," said Paul, "but I got over it. I let go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home."
Let it go. This is the real theme of my story. Let it go. Life isn't perfect. Let it go. My family is wacky. Let it go. My parents do the best they can and I love them for it. Let it go. Let it go.
Deep breath. Don't work so hard at the letting go though. It isn't about how hard you work. It is about the breath, the life. Take a breath. When you let go, let it be easier than you thought it would be. Let the river bring you home. Live.
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (4)
I love that book! My copy is all marked up and the pages dog eared with all the places I wanted to come back to, read again, linger over. That last line is perfect for the way you've been digging into the idea of home recently. And you take a very profound lesson away from the book -- the way you expand on "letting it go." I need to remember to do that everyday, much more often than I do. Too often I make it harder than it has to be.
I will definitely check this book out, I loved Chocolat. Letting go is the hardest thing for me....I'd rather chew it and stew on it and then when it's beyond chewable, spit it out and try again.
I need to remember to let it go.
oh liz, that was beautiful. i too must remember to let it go and to relax into the river and trust it's current.
that book sounds great. i've not read chocolat but it is my all time favorite movie. in fact if my child had been a girl and not a boy her middle name was going to be vianne.
This is exactly what I needed to read tonight. Thank you.