I once asked a bird-

how is it that you fly

in this gravity of darkness?

The bird responded: ”Love lifts me.”

~Hafez

what have I to do now?

inquiry for today~ when all the lists are done…

how will you show up now?

So don’t be frightened, dear friend,

if a sadness confronts you larger than any

you have ever known,

casting its shadow over all you do.

You must think that something

is happening within you,

and remember that life has not forgotten you;

it holds you in its hand

and will not let you fall.

Why would you want to exclude from your life

any uneasiness, any pain, any depression,

since you don’t know what work

they are accomplishing within you?”

~Rainer Maria Rilke