Listening

original art by pamela zagarenski

be

patient

toward all that is 

unsolved

in your 

heart

and try to love the

questions

themselves

do not seek the

answers

which cannot be given you

because you would not be able to

live

them and the point is to live

everything

live the

questions

perhaps you will then gradually

without noticing it

live along some distant day into

the answers

stillness

and

listening

in 

time

i will hear the

answers

The Path of Knowing

                                                                                            giselle hicks ceramics

seven gifts:

...the courage to sit and wait

...the curiosity to open closed doors and explore

what is behind them

...the ability to listen to yourself

...an appreciation for the experience of all life

...a respect for the power of your imagination

...the compassion to try to embrace all things with

unconditional acceptance

...an awe for the path of knowing

these are from one of my latest reads:

this:

began debarking today
chisel
hammer
muscle
we talk
promised i would
 listen
 to her wishes
then
 do my best
with an awe for the
path of
knowing