Rising Up Like the Trees.

My darlings, this morning one of my favorite passages by author Rainer Maria Rilke. From Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God.

“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.

Instead we entangle ourselves
in knots of our own making
and struggle, lonely and confused.

So like children, we begin again…

to fall,
patiently to trust our heaviness.
Even a bird has to do that
before he can fly.”

My darlings, there is such a sweetness to our surrender. When we relinquish control, we allow our hearts to be opened – to explore the context of our experience in ways we’ve never dared before.

Freed from our attachments, we become suddenly aware – our interactions much more profound. And, nestled within this new found consciousness, we find our ultimate refuge.

It is our refuge of spirit – our ultimate rest.

My darlings, at times we have to rely on life to be our ‘teacher’ – to share with us its lessons, even in those moments when we feel so ill-prepared.

But, we must let go to ‘fly’.

Indeed, if only we might surrender to the earth – our hearts may finally rise like the trees.

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Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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