Summer mornings
when
“the earth
laughs in flowers”
according to
Ralph Waldo Emerson
flowers
Being Present
“Remember, remember,
this is now, and now, and now.
Live it, feel it, cling to it.
I want to become acutely aware
of all I’ve taken for granted.”
Sylvia Plath
Illumination
“The appearance of things changes
according to the emotions;
and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”
Kahil Gibran
Kahil Gibran
The Way
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though
I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton
