#The Way it is

[geopsych]

The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread. —William Stafford

[brittasbaggles]

standing 🧍 in a bookstore 📚🚶🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏿‍♂️🚶🏻‍♀️ line waiting for the bell 🔔 to chime 🔊👂 so you can go to class👨‍🏫🤓 dancing 💃💃 in your underwear 🩲 taking air conditioner 💨🛠️ repair 😝 so you can get a job 👨🏿‍🔧🤑 greendale's 🏫💚🌈 the way it goes ☺️ some things are still the same 🤷‍♂️ slop pails 🪣 and pantyhose 👖 ohh annie 🙋‍♀️💞 believes in meeee

[myownflowsblog]

I didn't need to change or get better. I was fine just the way I was. It was not until people interfered that I needed to protect myself and put up walls and boundaries. Now everything I do is for me. That's just the way it is now for me. Like me or leave me, either way I'm ok with it and I'm ok with the way I am now.

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Keyshia Cole - Love (2005)

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[dk-thrive]

Got up on a cool morning. Leaned out a window. No cloud, no wind. Air that flowers held for awhile. Some dove somewhere [...] these moments count for a lot - peace, you know. Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there. This is what the whole thing is about.

— William Stafford, from "Just Thinking" in "The Way It Is: New & Selected Poems." (Graywolf Press, 1998). (via The Hammock Papers)

[astrxlfinale]

~ Dan Heng (jueying) , 2024.

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell “The Circle Game” The Way It Is—CBC TV, Toronto, ON, January 21, 1968.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is”

In its sunny, hit-single arrangement, “The Way it Is” did a spectacular job of hiding its dim message.

But Bruce Hornsby gave his tale of economic and racial discrimination a more appropriately melancholic presentation when he performed it live, in-studio, sans audience alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra for Radio 2’s “Piano Room Month.”

Hornsby’s voice and piano remain at the fore even with a large symphony and a slowed-down tempo at their back as the songwriter takes unaccompanied solos to add some jazz to the classical underpinnings.

It’s a testament to the strength and elasticity of Hornsby’s composition, not to mention his ability to think quickly on his butt (he is at the piano bench, after all).

As “The Way it Is” says: some things will never change. And in Hornsby’s improvisational case, that’s a good thing.

Grade card: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is” - A

1/31/24

[geopsych]

The Way It Is

There's a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn't change.

People wonder about what you are pursuing.

You have to explain about the thread.

But it is hard for others to see.

While you hold it you can't get lost.

Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old.

Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.

You don't ever let go of the thread.

-William Stafford

[wholenessblooming]

Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift this new glimpse that you found; carry into evening all that you want from this day. This interval you spent reading or hearing this, keep it for life–– What can anyone give you greater than now, starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

William Stafford, “You Reading This, Be Ready” from The Way It Is

[shadowlit-shows]

Guys what if I make ship requests with my own ocs

[myimaginaryradio]

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby - 1986

This version is absolutely beautiful