These times have a bonus. We seem to be receiving an invitation to grow.
Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” describes the moment of decision that we all make when we realize the quality and outcome of our lives ( by the grace of God) is one decision for destiny.
Mary Oliver’s Poem: THE JOURNEY
One day you finally new what you had to do,
and you began.
Though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice,
Though the whole house began to tremble,
And you felt the old tug at your ankles … (saying)… “MEND MY LIFE!”
Each voice cried,
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do …
Though the wind pried
With its stiff fingers
The very foundations,
Though their melancholy
Was terrible,
It was already late enough,
And the road full of fallen branches and stones;
But little by little
As you left their voices behind
The stars began to burn through the sheets of cloud,
And there was a new voice
Which you slowly recognized as your own,
That kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world,
Determined to do the only thing you could do;
Determined to save the only life you could save.
Your own.
Mary Oliver
Adapted by Tobi Lytle
Tobi@TobiLytle.com
Amen.
