CLEARING
Do not try to save
the whole world,
or anything grandiose.
Instead, create a clearing
in the dense forest of your life,
and wait there patiently,
Until the song that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize it and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worth the rescue.
by Martha Postlewaite
A friend sent me this poem last week. I thought you would enjoy it too.
What came to mind after thinking on it for awhile, with the waiting joy comes in the morning. March 1st always brings a smile to my face because winter and the darkness is leaving and there is joy in the little things around us. My crocus and daffodil are beginning to bloom and they make for a happy heart.
When I think of the clearing in the forest I realize that is where the sun comes in. With the sun or the light I shine.
What makes you shine on this first day of March?
