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For A New Beginning

Posted by Howard McQueen on August 2, 2009 at 7:36am
For A New BeginningBenedictus, A Book of Blessings (Bantam Press)By John O'DonohueIn out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has been quietly forming,Waiting until you were ready to emerge.For a long time it has watched your desire,Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,Noticing how you willed yourself on,Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.It watched you play with the seduction of safetyAnd the grey promises that sameness whispered,Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,Wondered would you always live like this.Then the delight, when your courage kindled,And out you stepped onto new ground,Your eyes young again with energy and dream,A path of plenitude opening before you.Though your destination is not yet clearYou can trust the promise of this opening;Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginningThis is at one with your life's desire.Awaken your spirit to adventure;Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;Soon you will be home in a new rhythmFor your soul senses the world that awaits you.
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  • Howard McQueen August 3, 2009 at 1:24pm
    Hi Kimberly,
    John O'Donohue is a great writer. I also read his book Anam Cara and have ordered almost all his other publications. Great to be under the influence of such words of wisdom, that carry such gentleness and understanding of rhythms. See you again after Aug-16.
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