Blog of Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor stories: Monday Musings POEM: “Give Yourself”

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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, September 19, 2016

Monday Musings POEM: “Give Yourself”

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

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.

M. Postlethwaite