No Longer and Not Yet

“In every place, no matter where you look, there are nooks that one seems to see, odd little spaces and hidden corners that hide from the world in plain sight. In every single square inch of the world, no matter how populated, there are what could be called liminal places, tiny little spaces, sometimes vast stretches, where the average laws of space and time are not wholly adhered to, you might say.”― John Kreiter, The Art of Transmutation

“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.”― Nancy Levin

Losses
Shifts
Changes
Transitions
Seasons
Sameness
Suddenness
Twists
Turns
Straight lines
Deadends
Bridges
One, some, all
In different measure
A multitude of things
Concrete and abstract
Emergence
What to do with it all?
Invite and entertain
Joy
Beauty
Light
Hope
Reflection
Kindness
Inquiry
Attunement
Empathy
Compassion
Trust
Faith
Transformation
Enthusiasm
In the known and especially in the unknown
In the unseen but brewing
In the simmer before the boil
In the frozen ground preparing for bud
Doors and windows in all walls and boundaries
Exits and entrances all at once
Thresholds to cross
Reverence, wonder, awe in the knowing and unknowing, the present moment.

“God does not give us more than we can handle,” I am told but I wonder if God doesn’t overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.”― Julia Cameron, Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance