Presence

Those who can be present with head, heart, and body at the same time will always encounter The Presence, whether they call it God or not.

                                                Richard Rohr

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the morning dawn

clouds hang low

hiding the extravagance

of sacred creativity

the world with its wild beauty

is muted

and the world closes in

to four walls

and so I hear

the sound as the heat

comes to life

beating back the cold

and so I smell the dust

baking

and smell the almost snow

moisture

I am present in the house

so too

at times

I need to quiet the world

and be present in the house

that in presence I might

touch

Presence