July 28, 2025
"Note from Nature
Do not try to save
the whole word
or do anything grandiose.
instead, create
a clearing
in the dense forest
of your life
and wait there patiently,
until the song
that is your life
falls into your won cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
only then will you know
how to give yourself
to this world
so worthy of rescue.
"A Clearing" by Martha Poslewaite
Our dense forest is our illusions - of control, of perfection, of acceptance, of security. If we move in the world without seeing and clearing these things, we will only be able to walk around in our small forest, where we cannot see and is full of darkness. Yet if we clear these things away, the sunlight can come in and new life can happen. Then, we can hear when we are being beckoned to participate in positive ways in this world.
