Thursday, May 31, 2012

What I Have Learned So Far

What I Have Learned So Far - by Mary Oliver


Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life,
on the hillside,
looking into the shining world?  Because properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause?  I don’t think so.


All summations have a beginning, all effect has a 
story, all kindness begins with the sown seed.  
Thought buds toward radiance.  The gospel of 
light is the crossroads of -- indolence, or action.


Be ignited, or be gone.