Blog of Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor stories: Monday Musings POEM: “If You Knew Yourself for Even One Moment”

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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Monday Musings POEM: “If You Knew Yourself for Even One Moment”

TEALarbor stories’ Monday Musings are quotes, poems, & practices offering simple ways to explore the ecotone of the inner/outer landscape.

If you knew yourself for even one moment,

if you could just glimpse your most beautiful face, 

maybe you wouldn’t slumber so deeply in that house of clay. 

Why not move into your house of joy

and shine into every crevice!

For you are the secret Treasure-bearer, and always have been. 

Didn’t you know?

Jalal al-Din Rumi