If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,

don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty

of lives and whole towns destroyed or about

to be. We are not wise, and not very often

kind. And much can never be redeemed.

Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this

is its way of fighting back, that sometimes

something happens better than all the riches

or power in the world. It could be anything,

but very likely you notice it in the instant

when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the

case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid

of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

~Mary Oliver

some little ways toward the infinite…

inquiry for today~ and your life is graced with rain too…

your deeper prayers…

Once you think you’ve got God in your pocket-

that you understand the great Mystery-

religion always becomes arrogant and idolatrous,

where we love our explanation of God

more than actually falling in love with God.

God refuses to ever be an object of the intellect

but is only known by those who enter into love and surrender.

~Richard Rohr