I’ve spent many years learning
how to fix life, only to discover
at the end of the day
that life is not broken
There is a hidden seed of greater wholeness
in everyone and everything.
We serve life best
when we water it
and befriend it.
When we listen before we act.
In befriending life,
we do not make things happen
according to our own design.
We uncover something that is already happening
in us and around us and
create conditions that enable it.
Everything is moving toward its place of wholeness
always struggling against the odds.
Everything has a deep dream of itself and its fulfillment.
–Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather’s Blessings (composed as a poem by Meg Wheatley)
[The daily words this week are a few found treasures, perhaps familiar or maybe new to you. I pray that in your current circumstances amidst our collective upheaval, they provide fresh encouragement as they are doing for me now. –Trish Stefanik, Overlook Retreat House at Dayspring]
