It is not our job to remain whole.

We came to lose our leaves

like the trees,

and be born again,

drawing up from the great roots.

~Robert Bly

finding our heart friends…..

inquiry for today~ who is gracious and kind?

When I was young, I was attracted to sorrow. It seemed interesting. It seemed an energy that would take me somewhere. Now I am older, if not old, and I hate sorrow. I see that it has no energy of its own, but uses mine, furtively. I see that it is leaden, without breath, and repetitious, and unsolvable. And now I see that I am sorrowful about only a few things, but over and over.

~Mary Oliver