Dear Spirit to Spirit friend,
David Whyte so eloquently puts it. If we simply pay attention- and look, and see... in the midst of the ordinary, we will understand that we are not alone. We will see how we are surrounded by and held in the intimacy of life.
Everything is here for us, if we pay attention ... and let ourselves see.
Everything Is Waiting For You by David Whyte
"Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings.
Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.
Put down the weight of your aloneness and
ease into the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you."
In Gratitude & Love, Joanna