Relearning Happiness: Being Empty

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Being Empty

"Being empty is a beginning."

--Sue Bender, Everyday Sacred

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Birdie said...: I just ordered her book from the library. Thanks for the recommendation.; October 24, 2013 at 9:38 PM

I will try--by Mary Oliver

I will try.

I will step from the house to see what I see

and hear and I will praise it.

I did not come into this world

to be comforted.

I came, like red bird, to sing.

But I'm not red bird, with his head-mop of flame

and the red triangle of his mouth

full of tongue and whistles,

but a woman whose love has vanished,

who thinks now, too much, of roots

and the dark places

where everything is simply holding on.

But this too, I believe, is a place

where God is keeping watch

until we rise, and step forth again and --

but wait. Be still. Listen!

Is it red bird? Or something

inside myself, singing?

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Being Empty

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