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For a New
Beginning
Beginning
In 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.
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.
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 safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard
the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like
this.
seduction of safety
And the gray 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.
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 clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself
into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's
desire.
not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself
into the grace of beginning
That 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 rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits
you.
adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be
home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits
you.
~ John O'Donohue
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(To Bless the Space Between
Us)
Us)
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