January 23, 2023
Sometimes the fog blocks are literal view of the landscape that we are in, and sometimes our own mental fog of trying to control and fix everything blocks our view as well. We are and have everything we need at this very moment – we just have to relax into it.
In this episode we will learn to relax into the openness in us that is already there.
Listening portion:
Oh do you have time to linger
For just a little while
Out of your busy
And very important day
For the goldfinches
That have gathered in a field of thistles
For a musical battle,
To see who can sing
The highest note,
Or the lowest,
Or the most expressive of mirth,
Or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
Drink the air
As they strive
Melodiously
Not for your sake
And not for mine
And not for the sake of winning
But for sheer delight and gratitude –
Believe us, they say,
It is a serious thing
Just to be alive
On this fresh morning
In this broken world.
I beg of you,
Do not walk by
Without pausing
To attend to this
Rather ridiculous performance.
It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
Invitation, Mary Oliver.
