Mindful

Mindful

Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less

kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle

in the haystack
of light.
It was 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 ~

The Road

The Road

Here is the road: the light
comes and goes then returns again.
Be gentle with your fellow travelers
as they move through the world of stone and stars
whirling with you yet every one alone.
The road waits.
Do not ask questions but when it invites you
to dance at daybreak, say yes.
Each step is the journey; a single note the song.

~ Arlene Gay Levine ~

a turn in the path

I love making plans... short term and long term. I like searching for the educational experience that will expand my knowledge and help me attain my goals of health care for women. But i also have learned to sit back and wait when things change..when my plan suddenly goes awry and im left wondering what the effin fuck just happened?
but without fail if i breathe deeply and WAIT...............wait........W.a.i.t....... and wait more...it becomes apparent that my path is changing and as chaotic or painful as it is, it IS working out best for me.
Things have drastically changed in the educational arena for me..most unexpectedly and quite dramatically but I found an even better way to finish this part up.
Now i could gnash and groan and pitch fits and be ugly but really? now that i see what is happening shouldnt I be happy and celebrating that I/the Universe/The Divine stepped in and guided me to the "now it is what it is and no longer that what was"

I like that.