Don’t get
distracted or impressed, beloved,
by the ways the
world works –
ways of
manipulative power
perfectly timed technique
measured in
dollar signs and predictable results.
You will quickly
feel small and insignificant in such a world
for it was not made
for the likes of you;
shoved aside by
bullies
and chewed up in
the gears
of the glory-making
machines.
Worse, you will
quickly lose sight of me
and with me goes
your courage
for I always reside
with your deep heart.
When you’re slammed
up against an immovable mountain,
when caught between
a rock and a hard place,
the issue for you,
dear one, is not if you have what it takes,
if you have
the
money,
power
and relational connections
to make things happen;
The issue is never
whether or not you can;
the issue, always,
is – is this something I want done?
Do you know me well
enough to answer that, beloved?
Every task of mine
is an invitation to partner with me,
to know and be
known
and I promise to
take the lion’s share.
Yoke yourself with
me and you will know rest
courage will once
again fill your chest;
Walk with me and
you will know peace,
where it’s safe to be
least.
Peace can only come
in when you are unafraid of outcomes;
when the need to
control circumstances has died,
when the existence
of the mountain no longer makes you afraid
or filled your mind
with frenzied strategies,
Peace, My Peace.
I love you, right
where you are, afraid and overwhelmed!
My love is the
reality upholding all others,
the atmosphere that makes you safe.
You can never
create safety and security
by arranging circumstances in your favor,
that project is
ever changing and never ending.
Let not your heart
be troubled; have confidence in me.
Let my peace guard
your inner life.
Then my joy will
flood your outer life.
Now pick up your
gear, for we will make use of what you have brought.
Come, follow me!
