Widening Pool

“Hope is the hardest love we carry.”― Jane Hirshfield, The Lives of the Heart

“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance.

In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun.

On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp — praise song for walking forward in that light.”― Elizabeth Alexander

Do not believe the cynics.
Do not join them.
They have plenty on their team.
Be courageous in hope, love, joy.
Eternal optimist despite the “facts.”
So much more below the surface of first impressions.
In proximity and connection.
Be a light bearer.
Do, create, build.
A new canvas with each wave of love.
Walking forward in that light.

“Art replaces the light that is lost when the day fades, the moment passes, the evanescent extraordinary makes its quicksilver. Art tries to capture that which we know leaves us, as we move in and out of each other’s lives, as we all must eventually leave this earth. Great artists know that shadow, work always against the dying light, but always knowing that the day brings new light and that the ocean which washes away all traces on the sand leaves us a new canvas with each wave.”― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World