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  Mark 8:55 am on March 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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  And – by Father Richard Rohr 

  And

  And teaches us to say, “yes”

  And allows us to be both-and

  And keeps us from either-or

  And teaches us to be patient and long suffering

  And is willing to wait for insight and integration

  And keeps us from dualistic thinking

  And does not divide the field of the moment

  And helps us to live in the always imperfect now

  And keeps us inclusive and compassionate toward everything

  And demands that our contemplation become action

  And insists that our action is also contemplative

  And heals our racism, our sexism, herterosexism, and our classism

  And keeps us from the false choice of liberal or conservative

  And allows us to critique both sides of things

  And is far beyond any one nation or political party

  And helps us face and accept our own dark side

  And allows us to ask for forgiveness and to apologize

  And is the mystery of paradox in all things

  And is the way of mercy

  And makes daily, practical love possible

  And does not trust love if it is not also justice

  And does not trust justices if it is not also love

  And is far beyond my religion versus your religion

  And allows us to be both distinct and yet united

  And is the very Mystery of Trinity…

  — Father Richard Rohr

  
   

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  Mark 8:05 am on September 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

  ‘IF’ by Rudyard Kipling 

  IF

  If you can keep your head when all about you

  Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

  If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

  But make allowance for their doubting too;

  If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

  Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

  Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,

  And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

  If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;

  If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;

  If you can meet with triumph and disaster

  And treat those two imposters just the same;

  If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

  Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

  Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

  And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;

  If you can make one heap of all your winnings

  And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

  And lose, and start again at your beginnings

  And never breath a word about your loss;

  If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

  To serve your turn long after they are gone,

  And so hold on when there is nothing in you

  Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;

  If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

  Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch;

  If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

  If all men count with you, but none too much;

  If you can fill the unforgiving minute

  With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -

  Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

  And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!

  
   
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  Katrina 4:53 pm on July 4, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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  Haiku for Freedom 

  

  If the leaves are still
  I see Him in the sequence
  the Fibonacci

  If the leaves rustle
  I can feel Him in the breeze
  a refreshing wind

  Everyday planting
  I engage the adventure
  Daily rehearsal

  Drops us to our knees
  The lifetime road leads to death
  Practice makes perfect

  We are meant to die
  For that is how we find life
  Dying equals life

  Death brings morning sun
Each revolution unites
All of us as one