November 2011
24 posts
Listening
We’re not those things that we used to dream
We have dropped those big thoughts and ideas
Do the best with what we’re handed
Don’t take pride as though we planned it
I don’t want for more than I can hold
I am formless looking for a mold
Laying down my heavy burdens
Open windows and pull back the curtains
I’ve been listening to this all day; a day of...
d.d.
Ralph Harper
All presence has authority, a force and radiance unreserved and yet unpredictable. One whose presence makes others come alive is one who is alive and real.
Real life has its marks: immediacy, fullness, and something like the annulment of time.