eternal

Somewhere,
long ago,
I read that the greatest gift we can give
is our time—
our listening ears,
our attentive eyes,
our working,
walking,
watching,
waiting
beside each other.
It seems to me that this is
love,
for love and time touch and tune,
one to the other,
twinned and twined in an eternal dance
to the vibrations of every voice,
chord,
rhythm,
and wingbeat,
every raindrop,
whisper of breeze
and gust of wind,
all measuring time,
all coming,
going,
circling back again and again,
the heartbeat of life,
the hum that is you and me.
If we could see the colors of this interplay,
this pulsing swirl of time and love,
we would see that love
is the stronger stream,
the more vibrant,
filling and freshening our hearts
with the wonder of
beyond,
where love transforms time
so that it’s no longer the measure
of what’s passing
but the majesty
of what always is.
Love folds time into itself and becomes
forever,
forever,
forever.
And isn’t this the greatest gift
we can give to anyone?
-kh-

Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week:
Shadow of the week:

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“Awe enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine,

to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance,

to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple;

to feel in the rush of the passing

the stillness of the eternal.”

– Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man –

Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week: sunlight glows through a leaf

Shadow of the Week: a fern

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Can You Hear an Inch of Silence?

Carry the Calm

Karyn Henley

Time and Love

Can We Feel the Eternal?