Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Monday, October 2, 2023
Sunday, October 1, 2023
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 (by Mary Oliver)
It doesn't have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don't try
to make them elaborate, this isn't
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
Fear (by Kahlil Gibran)
It is said that before entering the
sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has
traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing
forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to
disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in
existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear
disappear,
because that’s where the river will
know
it’s not about disappearing into the
ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Songbird (by Susan Frybort)
The Heart knows...
everything else is catching up.
So be patient with the struggle,
meld with the tide.
The truth isn't going anywhere
and no matter how strenuous,
change will draw us closer to it
according to our readiness,
based on our willingness.
When the songbird
sings into each morning,
all that's held inside
from its quiescent rest
wakes up
in time.