Clearing: March 19 - 25

Do not try to save

the whole world

or do anything grandiose.

Instead, create

a clearing

in the dense forest

of your life

and wait there

patiently,

until the song

that is your life

falls into your own cupped hands

and you recognize and greet it.

Only then will you know

how to give yourself

to this world

so worthy of rescue.

Martha Postlewaite

Practice

Read the poem three times, pausing a few minutes after each reading for reflection:

1. Let it speak to your mind.

2. Let it speak to your heart.

3. Let it speak to your soul.

4. Listen for the song that is your life.