Be still, my soul, and steadfast.

Earth and heaven both are still watching

Though time is draining from the clock

And your walk, that was confident and quick,

Has become slow.

So be slow if you must, but let

the heart still play its true part.

Love still as you once loved, deeply

And without patience. Let God and the world

Know you are grateful.

That the gift has been given.

~Mary Oliver

why I allow the hard days to seep in….

inquiry for today~ and when you realize there’s really nothing wrong today…

radical acts of trust…

The future is an infinite succession of presents,

and to live now as we think human beings should live,

in defiance of all that is bad around us,

is itself a marvelous victory.

~Howard Zinn