trusting time...

simple message today..."hokey wisdom" from my mother, who told me about this:

a poster in her former therapist's office; it pictured the grand canyon and simply said across the image:

THINGS
TAKE
TIME

t-cubed.

take a deep breath, and trust the process-- there's evidence all around me, particularly today at tent rocks national monument near cochiti, that this is true truth. i only have to trust...

reigniting the flame ["...not filling a bucket but lighting a fire"]

phoenix-like [although with decidedly less acute drama...:)]i've come back to this project.

in brief, the context of my writing has changed-- new landscapes-- natural & social & emotional...back in the land of enchantment, & challenged & fulfilled by a job that feels purposeful and meaningful, i am beginning a new chapter....
i am now teaching english writing and literature at a fabulous all-girls middle school...and in addition to bringing energy and getting energy back from my work, i am hoping to sustain and explore my fascination with language and the wonder with which poets and writers of all genres articulate the world through this blog once again, for myself if for no one else.

so here's an invocation by rumi to welcome in the new season.

by rumi

[the time has come...]
the time has come
to break all my promises
tear apart all chains
and cast away all advice
disassemble the heavens
link by link
and break at once
all lovers' ties
with the sword of death
put cotton inside
both my ears
and close them to
all words of wisdom
crash the door and
enter the chamber
where all sweet
things are hidden
how long can i
beg and bargain
for the things of this world
while love is waiting
how long before
i can rise beyond
how i am and
what i am


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