Don’t Tell Me – Mar. 23, 2022
Do not tell methis will make memore grateful for whatI had.…Give me insteadthe blessingof sitting with mewhen you cannot thinkof what to say. –Jan Richardson, from “The Blessing You Should Not Tell Me,” The Cure for Sorrow, p. 54
An Empty House – Mar. 22, 2022
… I knowthere are dayswhen the only thingmore brave than leavingthis houseis coming back to it. ….–Jan Richardson, from “Blessing for Coming Home to an Empty House”, The Cure for Sorrow, p. 45
Getting the News – Mar. 21, 2022
… When the news comesmay the hummingin your headgive way to song,even if it will belong and longbefore you canhear it, before you cancomprehend the lovethat latched onto youin the rending—the love that bound itself to youeven as it began its leavingand has neverlet you go. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing for Getting the News”, The […]
This Constant Yearning – Mar. 18, 2022
We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from His warm bodyfully explains this constant yearning. –Hafiz, The Gift, translations by Daniel Ladinsky, p. 116
