I so enjoyed this recent post from Shawna. Thoughtful. Imaginative. Inviting. Heart-filled. Shawna has a way of connecting together an ecosystem of wonder and witness. This recent post includes a William Stafford poem, Being a Person. I love it for the way he nudges toward more wholeness.
For inspiration. And wonder. And witness. Shawna’s full post is here.
Being a Person
William Stafford
Be a person here. Stand by the river, invoke
the owls. Invoke winter, then spring.
Let any season that wants to come here make its own
call. After that sound goes away, wait.
A slow bubble rises through the earth
and begins to include sky, stars, all space,
even the outracing, expanding thought.
Come back and hear the little sound again.
Suddenly this dream you are having matches
everyone’s dream, and the result is the world.
If a different call came there wouldn’t be any
world, or you, or the river, or the owls calling.
How you stand here is important. How you
listen for the next things to happen. How you breathe.