Sometimes you hear a voice through
the door calling you, as fish out of
water hear the waves or a hunting
falcon hears the drum’s come back.
This turning toward what you deeply love
saves you.*
It is not likely that those of us here in Iowa will hear somebody calling through the door; it is too cold. I don’t know about fish or falcons but I do suspect that turning toward what you deeply love has a good chance of helping you survive the winter.
I’m being saved by books, Downton Abbey, down-filled pants, bone broth soup, phone calls, and an occasional outing.
What do you deeply love? Does it help you during the dead of winter? Let us know in the comments section – just click on the word comments below this post.
Thanks for exploring the mystery with me – Nicky Mendenhall
*Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks discovered in Saved by a Poem by Kim Rosen