In these troubling times my heart and dreams are filled with fear and dread. What did Hafez say? “Fear is the cheapest room in the house…”
Praise to
poet and philosopher David Whyte whose presence in my life, via his poetry and ongoing
Three Sunday Series, continues to be a wellspring of nourishment and sanity in my life.
Excerpt from THERE IS NO TABLE LONG ENOUGH
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May we take the time, while we
confront
this fear now, on the outside
with necessary and courageous
physical action,
to preempt any future evil by
bringing
every hidden edge into the light, by
bringing
our inner troubles into the
conversation,
where heads are allowed to lean close
to one another at a table shortened
to the point of mutual understanding.
There is no table long enough
to keep us from our own unspoken
darkness
but, thanks be to God, and every
power
beyond us, there is no table long
enough
to hold the riches of darkness
transformed,
to hold the wine raised and the bread
consumed, to hold every item of our
shared bounty,
brought from every field of our
endeavour,
in a promised future, that despite
ourselves,
will always be destined to
forgiveness.
-David Whyte
©2022 Many Rivers Press
Praise also
to the little robin whose daily feeding on porridge oats in my yard flowerbox
has lifted my heart since January. Not too frightened of the blackbirds, who
came first and chased him away, he’s now a regular and content customer – a constant
reminder that life goes on no matter what and there’s always an opportunity to
make a small difference to someone.
robin - Bing images
