This quote from Mary Oliver’s poem “Invitation.”
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in this broken world
I have gratefully turned a corner in my physical healing. Yesterday was a busy and physically active day. When Oliver says “serious,” that is an important word —I have serious business to do in this world, and by going to Costco and washing the towels, I am practicing my purpose. I am putting forth energy caring for myself. It hasn’t been easy to do these things with the health issues I’ve faced, so I take it quite seriously that I am able to now.
It means something.
The morning looked fresh as I was reading the poem (see photo) and I certainly know the world at this time feels broken. Our country feels broken.
Yet today I prayed a sincere prayer of trust. God is not dead. There is a path. We just need to find it in the depths of this pain.
Light will dispel the darkness.
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| The sky at the time I read the poem. |
The horizon light
Illuminates all the good
On this fresh morning
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