“You know that the flower bends when the wind wants it to, and you must become like that — that is, filled with deep trust.”*
Do you have deep trust? In what?
I have deep trust that if I seek, I will find.**
*Poem for June 9 found in A Year With Rilke, translated and edited by Joanna Macy & Anita Barrows (2009).
**I may not find exactly what I was seeking but I trust what I find will enrich my life. For example, as I was seeking to upload a video of the above flowers blowing in the wind, I kept getting error messages. My life feels enriched creatively by asking you to move whatever device you are viewing this on back and forth to get the wind effect. Thank you!
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Nicky Mendenhall
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WHAT I TRUST by Margie
Yes, I trust in God,
I trust my gut & my life experience,
I trust that I have learned from others how to take care of myself,
I work at bending in the wind, even at times when my body and mind are stiff, if confusion sets in – I swirl in the wind reaching out for a small hint of what direction I should bend. Once I calm myself down, relax, and begin to appreciate the beauty of “now” it is easy to bend, trust and turn it over once again to God.
Thank you Margie for your obviously heartfelt comment! I like the images you use – bending in the wind when body and mind are stiff. Calming, relaxing self in order to be in the now and surrender.
Nicky
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