The World IS Too Much With Us

Who said, "the world is too much with us?"

Google it, and you'll find it was William Wordsworth in 1807. He said:
"The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon..."

In 1807, he said, "getting and spending, we lay waste our powers." What would Will say now???

I must say I try very hard to see what is in nature, and not to give my heart away to those things we get and spend for, but the world around us makes it very difficult most times.

As I sat outside this morning, watching the night turn to day, I was preoccupied with thoughts of things: the van that's acting up, what to make for dinner tonight, what to pack for my upcoming trip, the plate I fried in the microwave last night, the TV we're waiting on.... And now, I can barely remember the color of the sky as the sunlight crept over the horizon, or the clouds skittering across the lightening sky. The world is too much with me.