Listen
A poem received through serendipity:If you listen,
not to the pages or preachers
but to the smallest flower
growing from a crack
in your heart,
you will hear a great song
moving across a wide ocean
whose water is the music
connecting all the islands
of the universe together,
and touching all
you will feel it
touching you
around you. . .
embracing you
with light.
It's from the artist and poet John Squadra, who wrote This Ecstasy. [The book is on the recommended reading list at Heron Dance, where you'll also find gorgeous art.]
I received the poem today in an e-newsletter from Liz Budd Ellman, executive director of Spiritual Directors International. She followed it with this prayer:
"In the northern hemisphere, we move into increasing light as we approach the sacred Passover and Easter season. In the southern hemisphere, our members move into an increased awareness of diminishing light as the winter months approach. Loving Creator, we ask your blessing on our search for new light among us, wherever we live, and that your light touch us in a new way during this sacred season."
.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Monday, March 22, 2004
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