WE ARE MORE
I talked to the Grasshopper this morning,
asked him why do you walk and not hop?
I have been watching quite bewildered.
Grasshoppers always hop.
The Grasshopper simply said;
I learnt to walk.
It was fun and I could look around.
How fixated had I been, putting him in a box.
The “hopping box””.
Now, this made me ponder,
why and how often do we do this?
Limit others and ourselves.
With labels and categories
each fitting an appropriate box.
Like the wise Grasshopper we should know
we contain many shades and hues,
many skills and dreams.
Why deny all these for one comfortable tag?
Why not dare dream, paint, write
stay in professions we love
Yet, not let the title be you
We are all so much more.
© miriam ivarson
Beautiful❤️
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Thank you, I am glad you felt so.
miriam
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Love this, Miriam! 😀 A poem packed with wisdom and delivering it with a gentle loving punch! I’m smiling at the grasshopper refusing to be restricted by expectations … may we all walk out of our own ‘hopping box’! Wishing you a blessed weekend, Miriam, filled with peace and joy! Hugs ❤️🌺
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Thank you dear Annika for your beautiful comment. Wisdom and loving punch is a wonderful combination you give me.
You are so right, we are too often restricted by expections from ourselves and others. It takes courage to get out of the ” hopping box “, I quite admire the Grasshopper. 😊❤️ .
Miriam
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Wonderful poem and musings Miriam. It is so easy to put ourselves and others in a box. May we be free.
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Thank you so much Brad. I will with joy join you in your call and dream ;
May we be free.
Miriam
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Wise lessons… ❤
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Thank you so much Bette for taking part in my pondering.
And finding them wise. 😊❤️.
Miriam
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“labels and categories”–that is so true. They define us if we don’t ignore them. Very nice, Miriam.
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Thank you Jaqui, I am glad you share these thoughts with me. It is easy to become a prisoner of your own making.
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wonderfully has
me thinking
outside
my box, miriam 🙂
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😊 Boxes are so square
wouldn’t fit you at all.
Your poetic thoughts
give me pleasure.
miriam
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We are, indeed, so much more!
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Rosaliene, how right you are. Let us have fun finding out.
Thank you for your lovely comment.
Miriam
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Indeed. Being open-minded should not only apply to our view of others, but of ourselves, as well.
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Thank you, Ken, for your kind and thoughtful comment. Yes, we must find
our way out too and open to possibilities around us.
Miriam
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Wise words, Miriam. We are none of us described in a word. All creatures are more rounded and deserve to be viewed from all angles before a description is attempted.
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Thank you Roland for your generous comment. I do so agree with your thoughts of viewing all creatures from all angles and even then the description might not be covering the whole.
Miriam
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Grasshoppers have never inspired me, glad you could discern some beautiful ways of understanding life from this creature, Miriam. Nice reflections.
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Well Balroop, I cannot rightly say why the Grasshopper started this poem,
I wasn’t even going to write. Did you know though that they have been living on this planet for approx. 250 million years. Makes us mere babies.
So, he became a conduit for my thoughts on how much many of us limit ourselves and others.
Thank you for your reflections on the subject.
Miriam
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Oh, gosh. You’ve captured my feelings in such a succinct and beautiful way, Miriam. Yes! ❤
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Thank you Bela for this beautiful response. It makes me smile big that we
share the feelings expressed. Yes ! As you say. 🤗💕 .
Miriam
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Yes!! ❤
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Your poem was so wise, insightful and beautiful!!! Bellissimo, Miriam, Bellissimo!! Hope you have had a great weekend!!
xoxoxo
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Thank you for your wonderful response. With the Italian Belissimo added, how can you not make me smile. I really am glad you liked the poem, you will know yourself the pleasure of such responses.
I am having a great weekend, thank you. Hope the same for you. 😊🦋 .
Miriam
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I am honoured, Chuck. 😊
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My pleasure, Miriam!!
xoxo
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Excellent message, Miriam. Walk, hop, run, crawl, sit, stand, left, right, and in the middle. All are possible in the same day and in the same person. Or grasshopper. We all have the freedom to move and meet each other along the way.
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Hey, we got ourselves a busy day here. 😊 . Thanks for your fun comment.
And don’t forget hugging trees, animals, people ……
Or just be lazy in the shade of a tree because it is too hot. Dream new dreams.
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YES! to all of the above. Have a wonderful day, M. 🙂
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Such a beautiful poem, Miriam. So inspiring and lovely words penned
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Thank you Kamal, your positive and inspiring comment touch me.
miriam
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Half the fun of being alive is in variety, Miriam. I for one, don’t want to be labeled, and take a certain amount of pleasure in surprising people, and in being surprised. A wise grasshopper ( and poet) indeed. –Curt
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Thank you Curt for your comment, so full of fun and life.
Following your blog I had surmised you were not much for boxes and labels.
I really love the way you say you take some pleasure in surprising people.
I will take that on board today. 😊 .
Thanks from the Grasshopper and me.
Miriam
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You and the grasshopper are entirely welcome, Miriam. 🙂 –Curt
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Nature doesn’t like boxes. Boxes were invented by humans, and as such, we can choose to be bound by them, or step outside and be free. You go, Miriam!!
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So true about nature who dares be who and what they are, even if some are trimmed into ” box hedges “.
May we dare follow our dreams to fulfill what we can do and be. I rather see a mountain track than a highway.
miriam
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Absolutely miriam. Thanks for this reminder ❤
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Thank you Kate. Glad the thoughts rang true with you.❤️ .
Miriam
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I believe that it’s more comfortable for some people to see you in a certain box, or to feel that either you have labeled yourself, or allow them to smear you with a label. That way you can be categorized. Blimey!
Personally, I’m not huge on confined spaces, and the only 🏷 (s) I’m comfortable with are my 1st, middle, and last name. These identify me just fine. ☺️ Give me the freedom to grow and glow in the wide open spaces of life. Thank you very much!
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Blimey indeed, Jen and thanks for your deeply felt comment.
I am with you about seriously disliking confined spaces and my name will do for me too. That doesn’t mean that some achievement don’t make me happy,
they do, but I and all of us are so much more. I do love your two last sentences particularly.🤗 .
Miriam
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A beautiful poem, Miriam! And a great reminder to “think outside the box” ❤
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Thank you for your warming comment, Julie. It is great that you felt
the message within the lines. 🦋 .
Miriam
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So much wisdom in this poem, packed in a few words, but not restricted by those words. And to think that it was inspired by this little grasshopper.
We need to remember that our impressions of people should also not be limited by what we see or hear in just a few moments of hello-how-are- you, but consider that each of us has an entire history and a burgeoning future.
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Sharon, thank you for this deep and heartfelt comment. I am so happy to read your thoughts and for the understanding you have given.
All thanks to a little grasshopper; who knew they would be that talkative.
Miriam
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Thanks for this bit of lovely inspiration 🙂
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Thank you da-AL. It is a joy to give a little inspiration to you.
Miriam
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Beautiful and emotional lines ( especially for me)
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Thank you Nishant for your lovely comment. I am happy my lines reached
your inner self.
miriam
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Beautiful poem. Thoroughly inspired! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for your positive response. It is my joy to share.
Miriam
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I love the questions you ask. Why indeed?
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Thanks Louise, wonderful that you join me in this questioning.
Surely we want to be every facet we can, experience what is possible.
Miriam
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Exactly Miriam, we are all so much more which we do not realise.
Exploring the deep within us might bring out that ‘More’ was wanted by many.
Regards
Shiva
🌷💞
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Thanks for your deep and thoughtful comment Shiva. I do agree, so
many want to dare be more, do more. Not many do really belong under a
label. 🌻🦋
Miriam
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