One day the sun admitted,

I am just a shadow.

I wish I could show you

The Infinite Incandescence

That has cast my brilliant image!

I wish I could show you,

When you are lonely or in darkness,

The astonishing Light

Of your own Being.

~Hafiz

when I linger in a calm and protected space….

inquiry for today~ how will you know what is just right?

what is grace…..

At the party, I overheard you

say: “I want to help but don’t

know how.” I didn’t know you

yet, so I said nothing.

But I woke in the night wanting

to find you and say: Just pick up

the nearest blanket and look for

someone who is cold.

Or repair the thing next to you

that is broken. If you’re too tired

or weak, just close your eyes and

simply hold the unknown fate

of others in the palm of your

heart until a slow but glowing

dawn starts to rise between us.

To be the one caring gesture

that outlasts the rest allows

life to continue.

Somewhere between the

flit of a dragonfly and the

Earth turning on its axis,

we remain possible.

~Mark Nepo