When we write a message to someone today, we usually type it on our cellphone or computer. The screen is our modern "paper". No matter where we choose to write down our thoughts and emotions, Wordsworth seems to be saying we should write them down with the deep feelings of our heart. These feelings are invisible in the air just like our breaths, but Wordsworth reminds us to learn to express ourselves with these feelings of love. We must learn to connect our heart with our mind.
"In his book Present Moment, Wonderful Moment, Thich Nhat Hanh offers some suggestions for increasing mindfulness in every day living by preparing, and explaining, forty-nine short, practical verses. One example of the short gathas, or "mindfulness verses" would be this one, suggested for use upon waking up and starting each day":
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand new hour are before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
So if you are a writer, fill your paper. If you are just awakening to a new day, begin it with the breathings of your heart, by "vowing to live fully in each moment ... with the eyes of compassion."
If you can write with great compassion, what kind of book would you write? If Wordsworth were alive today, he would probably paraphrase himself and say, " Fill your screen with the breathings of your heart."
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