Photo by Barbara Mattio
“Every day
I see or I hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It is what I was born for—
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world—
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant—
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations,
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself, how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these—
the untrimmable light
of the world
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?”
—Mary Oliver
This poem is taken from one of my favorite poetry books, “Dancing With Joy.” For me reading poetry is akin to meditation. It is slowly drawing up that long slow breath and holding it for those moments of balance, and then the slow gradual exhale. Then the energy begins to flow and you dance with the Divine.
Dancing With Joy; Photo by Barbara Mattio
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