The Life I Would Love

May my mind come alive today

To the invisible geography

That invites me to new frontiers,

To break the dead shell of yesterdays,

To risk being disturbed and changed.

May I have the courage today

To live the life that I would love,

To postpone my dream no longer

But do at last what I came here for

And waste my heart on fear no more.

- John O'Donohue

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More Opening To Do

There is always

more opening to do,

especially beside the river

when the sun is low,

or especially in the kitchen

when the hum of the fridge

ohms through the ache

that rides the belly,

or when speaking

of love the voice breaks

and the heart breaks

and more love pours in.

There is always more

opening, especially now

when I am no longer a thin green shoot.

Grace, says my friend,

grace and nature, that

is all there is, and I

could not explain to you

what she meant, but

I knew sure as the luminous

moon that I will never reach,

sure as a morning glory

opens to the sun

that it was true.

- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer,   http://www.wordwoman.com/about/about%20rosemerry.htm

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Live

Someone who goes with half a loaf of bread

to a small place that fits like a nest around him,

someone who wants no more,

who is not himself longed for

by anyone else.

He is a letter to everyone. You open it.

It says, Live.

- Rumi