Settling into the Divine

The journey

Through the peaks and valleys of our existence

Is twisted and full of pitfalls

and we

 in our fragility

 often get broken

and

Like bottles tossed carelessly to the side of the road.

we lie

 shattered, in pieces,

irregular fragments glistening in the sun

Raw edges, sharp and tortured,

There are pieces of us scattered along the roads we have traveled,

                                                                SK

distracted

scattered

fragmented

is often how I feel

I do it to my self

mental health program

church

home

animals

emails

blog

internet

phone

meetings 

clients

more meetings

run 

rush

plugged in

unplugged

it doesn't really matter

my head is roaring

and I am pulled a thousand directions

do this 

do that

don't forget

I forgot

Oh My God!

and that is why

there is a need in my life

as in every life to find a point of focus

a place to be

where the spinning world 

can settle

I love the story about the murky pool of water

which when tossed by wind

or swirled by a hand is cloudy

but

which when calm

when all the pieces of dirt and rock have settled

become clear

our minds, our souls, our hearts are like that 

we need to settle 

to stop

to let all the debris gently drift down 

leaving us able to see

the point of focus

the center on which

I wish to rest

the place I want to come to with a 

kind of wholeness,

integrally

with all my energy

is the Sacred, the Divine One

I want to learn how to 

get my entire soul involved, my entire mind, my entire heart

I believe

that in my scattered existance

this kind of love toward God

is the greatest thing

I 

can

do