Untrimmable

This poem from Panhala came to me this morning.  I fell in love with the phrase, "untrimmable  light."  I know our paths often seem to be taking us through lonely,rough terrain.  Let us remember to pause often, and let the eyes of our hearts see this glow on our close horizons. 

Untrimmable: that which can never be lessened or extinguished. This I experience as the love and light of the living Christ, and I give thanks for this love that can never be earned, but only accepted and shared. 

 

Blessings on your journey today.   Please remember we do not journey alone. 

Mindful

Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less

kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle

in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for -
to look, to listen,

to lose myself
inside this soft world -
to instruct myself
over and over

in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,

the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant - 
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,

the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help

but grow wise
with such teachings
as these -
the untrimmable light

of the world,
the ocean's shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?

~ Mary Oliver ~

 

(Why I Wake Early)