lent
from the latin - meaning “forty”
lento
from the latin “lentos” - meaning “slow”
like driving forty miles on an icy road
with all your wits about you
like taking forty slow steps on a walk
taking in all sights and sounds
like watching forty snowflakes drift slowly to the ground
contemplating a white world
like listening to the forty half-minutes of the third movement of Mahler’s Fourth
and longing for beauty in everything
like eating forty peanuts-----one at a time
admiring texture crunch and taste--- each----time
like an uninterrupted cup of tea with a friend over lunch
sharing the hard and the easy of life
like reading forty lines of Hamlet’s soliloquy
and understanding fear------courage-------purpose in a new way
like spending forty long minutes in one position
praying
------meditating
-------------considering
---------------------thanking
lento lent life
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