We Melt a little

We melt a little each day.

The candle burns down.

And it may wonder at times, it may wonder:

What will become of me?  What will happen to my precious flame?

                                                                                        Hafiz

 

 

 

Life is a paradox O God

I wish it were not so

For life in the eye of a paradox is a puzzling thing

 

It is a life of tension

Law and freedom

Light and Dark

Giving and receiving

Good and Bad

New and Old

 

always that tension

that "both and"

and rarely an "either or"

 

And yet in that beautiful tension

is growth and life

for as we give we receive

and as we learn how to receive we find

paradoxically

a new ability to give

In sinning we learn about forgiveness

In our awareness of our weakness, we also learn of strength

In failure we learn of hope

 

Life is a paradox oh God, 

thank you that it is so!