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Friday, April 18, 2014

In Praise of the Earth






Let us ask forgiveness of the Earth
For all our sins against her:
For our violence and poisonings
Of her beauty.

Let us remember within us
The ancient clay,
Holding the memory of seasons,
The passion of the wind,
The fluency of water,
The warmth of fire,
The quiver-touch of the sun
And shadowed sureness of the moon.

That we may awaken,
To live to the full
The dream of the Earth
Who chose us to emerge
And incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit, and light.


- John O’Donohue, from: In Praise of the Earth

(Photograph Gregory Colbert)




Friday, April 4, 2014

Hope





Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

―  Emily Dickinson