For the hummingbird,

the instant the nectar

enters its beak.

For the dolphin,

the moment it slips

back into the wave.

For you and me,

the slice of time

we slip through

when what we look

for—in here and out

there—is the same.

Like the moment

a wing is one with

the wind.

Or the moment

that love and truth

gather in the back

of our throat

when everything we

care for is about to

leave or arrive

and we feel powerless

to do anything but

open the secret cave

in our heart

and just wait.

~Mark Nepo

there’s a sweetness we never knew….

inquiry for today~ when did you find the sweetness?

how we long for each other…..

Love is a school of fire, Rumi teaches.

You embrace its mystery only in losing yourself,

in finally becoming what you love. In the process,

you discover that what you had thought to be

entirely outside had been within you all along.
~Belden Lane