“Go to the Limits…

Posted on March 22nd, 2011 by Anne

…of Your Longing”
by Rainer Maria Rilke; translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.
These are the words we dimly hear:
You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody me.
Flare up like flame
and make [...]

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Isn’t this beautiful?

Posted on March 19th, 2011 by Anne

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Spring is in the air!

Posted on March 16th, 2011 by Anne

I just took a walk. Looking out on the brown hills I marveled at the warm temperature, the blue sky, the sound of robins. Then my gaze fell to the ground around my feet and, lo, there were sprigs of green grass! I almost dropped to my knees in gratitude. I [...]

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