The Infinite Yes

“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.”

― E.E. Cummings

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sometimes it feels like we live in a world of “no”

flowers wither

and the trees become barren

snow falls

the earth freezes

people hate and kill

liars abound

evil seems to flourish

and fear grows

and yet if we open our eyes to

the world around us

to the signs of beauty which abound

to fresh fallen snow

and baby’s smile

the laughter of children

and the glances of lovers

and open our selves to the beauty within

to the presence of the sacred with calms

and soothes

and reminds us that we are loved

and with all others participate in infinite good (if we would only see)

then the world becomes

everything that is “yes”