words of wisdom

Watching the events in the Gulf Coast, and trying to stay centered enough to not just sit around obsessing on it, I came across the following in the blog-o-sphere. Take what you like, leave the rest in the proverbial spiritual fridge for one of your fellow travelers.

From the Blog of the Grateful Bear (http://wildfaith.blogspot.com/):

Return To The Most Human...
Unison Benediction
a poem by May Sarton

Return to the most human,
nothing less will nourish the torn spirit,
the bewildered heart,
the angry mind:and from the ultimate duress,
pierced with the breath of anguish,
speak of love.

Return, return to the deep sources,
nothing less will teach the stiff hands a new way to serve,
to carve into our lives the forms of tenderness
and still that ancient necessary pain preserve.

Return to the most human,
nothing less will teach the angry spirit,
the bewildered heart,the torn mind,
to accept the whole of its duress,
and pierced with anguish...
at last, act for love.

~ May Sarton ~

And from the lovely and eclectic blog The Wild Things of God (http://frimmin.com/index.html)

Quit eating off the tree of the knowlege of good and evil - it didn't do anything for us to begin with and it isn't helping us today - just eat from the tree of life. Don't try to figure out whether where you are and what you are doing is good or evil, just figure out how to put you eyes and your heart on Jesus. Eating from the tree of Life is the easiest thing you'll ever do. The fruit is low to the ground where anyone can reach it. —Ron Jones