a poem & some doughnuts
On my birthday morning, last week, I popped open (that means, letting the pages guide, see-what-I-get style) The Blessed Space Between Us by John O’Donohue to ask for some insight for this year.
Here is what I got:
“That I never be claimed
By the falsity of fear
Or eat the bread of bitterness.
In everything I do, I think,
Feel and say,
May I allow the light
Of the World I am leaving
To shine through and carry me home.”
Wow. I blinked out the window, and wondered why I had gotten a poem of death, and then I flipped back a page and read all the way through:
As a Child Enters the World
by John O’Donohue
As I enter my new family,
May they be delighted
At how kindness
Comes into blossom.
Unknown to me and them,
May I be exactly the one
To restore in their forlorn places
New vitality and promise.
May the hearts of others
Hear again the music
In the lost echoes
Of their neglected wonder.
If my destiny is sheltered,
May the grace of this privilege
Reach and bless the other infants who are destined for torn places.
If my destiny is bleak,
May I find in myself
A secret stillness
And tranquility
Beneath the turmoil.
May my eyes never lose sight
Of why I have come here,
That I never be claimed
By the falsity of fear
Or eat the bread of bitterness.
In everything I do, I think,
Feel and say,
May I allow the light
Of the World I am leaving
To shine through and carry me home.
Such a profound piece from a profound soul, John O’Donohue, almost as if, if I keep typing his name again and again, he will get up from his cuppa to come listen to our gratitude. Words can do that. So Sit & Write some of yours today, in a journal, on a napkin, upon someone else’s heart. Upon your own.
In case you need something to do…here are some do-nots, which is why I have a picture doughnuts on the page. Guard your peace. Do less with more love. Taste sweetness.
Start with yourself.
XO
Kate
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