Crow Wisdom
(An Irreverent Rumi-like Ramble)
The incontinent crow
Flying over my window
Bids adieu and screw you
To this year without cheer.
Crow wisdom:
Let go,
Let hope in,
Live.
2020/29/12
rita h kowats
Crow Wisdom
Month: December 2020
Sorrow As Blessing:Wisdom From Rumi
My heart is with all of you who experience sorrow amidst the expectation of Christmas joy.
A Spirituality of “Until”
Peace to You Today
Honor the Blooming
This poem by Wendell Berry, simple in the stark power it offers, has become the center piece in the Advent rituals of Seattle Mennonite Church (https://seattlemennonite.org). This season is offering me the opportunity to identify what is blooming in me now. Not what will bloom when covid passes. What booms now.
Berry’s poem invites us to fear not those ubiquitous travelers, dark feet and dark wings, for they are the essence of our humanity. They are the redeemed coals that smolder in the cauldrons of our souls, the sparks of light we bring into the dark and out of the dark.
Spiritual Practice
Breathing in I become the dark.
Breathing out I disperse light.
Breathing in I receive the bloom.
Breathing out I release despair.
Breathing in I am peace.
Breathing out I release anxiety.
May it be so.
Embracing the Dark
Sometimes the sanctity of our homes has felt instead like a jail cell in this pandemic. At times, we have collapsed into despair. Yet, other times we are embracing the dark creatively.
In addition to these thoughtful poems from Wendell Berry and Jan Richardson, I recommend Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor.
Photo Credit: https://lmw.org/gods-light-shines-in-the-darkness/
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