Pause.

The sound of a bell

still reverberating,

or a blackbird calling

from a corner of the field,

asking you to wake

into this life,

or inviting you deeper

into the one that waits.

Either way

takes courage,

either way wants you

to be nothing

but that self that

is no self at all,

wants you to walk

to the place

where you find

you already know

how to give

every last thing

away.

The approach

that is also

the meeting

itself,

without any

meeting

at all.

That radiance

you have always

carried with you

as you walk

both alone

and completely

accompanied

in friendship

by every corner

of the world

crying

Allelujah.

David Whyte. “The Bell and the Blackbird.” The Bell and the Blackbird.

“Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the heart of the Beloved forever.”