Rooted and Rising

“Springtimes have needed you. And there are stars expecting you to notice them.”― Anita Barrows, A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke

“Between yourself
& the beloved, between yourself & your joy,
the riverbank swaying with wildflowers, the shaft
of sunlight on the rock, the song.
Will you pass through it now, will you let it consume
whatever solidness this is
you call your life, & send
you out, a tremor of heat,
a radiance, a changed
flickering thing?”
― Anita Barrows

Summon awe
Seek wonder
Hunt joy
Offer peace
Attention, reverence, imagination
Yield, open, embrace
Spacious, gracious, delight
Root and rise.

“To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it — is a wonder beyond words.”― Joanna Macy