You have traveled too fast over false ground;

Now your soul has come, to take you back.

Take refuge in your senses, open up

To all the small miracles you rushed through.

Become inclined to watch the way of rain

When it falls slow and free.

Imitate the habit of twilight,

Taking time to open the well of color

That fostered the brightness of day.

Draw alongside the silence of stone

Until its calmness can claim you.

Be excessively gentle with yourself.

~John O’Donohue

being in the moment with all of it…

inquiry for today~ holding on is ok too….

what we know when we love…

Your sensitivity knows

the crucial outline

of how your soul curves

to accentuate and protect

its heart and boundaries.

So that each bit of stardust

becomes your teacher.

Interconnected with your shadow

which strengthens your light.

Honey speaks to your cells

in a rhythm of mercy

and holds you steady

when this world feels heavy.

Sensitivity fills the crevices

with much needed empathy,

away from the loudness

and walks with you

by a quiet pond

woven of birdsong.

Sensitivity is encouragement,

to nurture and cultivate

your creativity.

It is where your heart gathers

in the melody

of your inner most beautiful song.

~Carolyn Riker