Yet Again

 I woke up yesterday morning thinking of this poem by Rumi and decided to share it with those I meditate with. So much of life consists of starting over, trying yet again one more thousandth time.  Let us remember that we travel with one another. We have a place in this great caravan.  As we journey, let us remember to pause and rest in God's love.

Ours Is Not A Caravan of Despair

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again, come, come.

— Rumi    

  

photograph: San Leandro, November 2021. These leaves  look like they are floating, but they are being held by some netting placed at the foot of the tree. There is a lesson there for us all. We, too, are held.