This is what pilgrimage into the heart of the natural world does to us. It invites us to be.*
Philip Newell
For so many of our destinations, no straight road takes us there.**
Rebecca Solnit
I look forward
and believe
I need to find the most direct route.
I look backward
and see
this has rarely been so.
If I am prepared
to turn this knowledge into wisdom then
I may slow down,
Take a break from an idea,
Allow Earth to renew me,
Play a little,
Enjoy the company of others,
Allow the road to lead me where it will.
We don’t have to arrive breathless
or hurried
or broken
or hurting
or disagreeable
or jaded
or alone.
*Philip Newell’s Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul;
**Rebecca Solnit’s No Straight Road Takes You There.
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