The dream of my life

is to lie down

by a slow river,

And stare at the light in the trees

To learn something

by being nothing

a little while

but the rich lens

of attention.

may gentleness hold us all…

inquiry for today~ where will this next moment allow you to pause?

this too asks us to be here…..

~Mary Oliver

The hero “falls through” what is merely their life situation to discover their Real Life,

which is always a much deeper river, hidden beneath the appearances.

This deeper discovery is largely what religious people mean by “finding their soul.

~Richard Rohr