life before death

“We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.”

― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

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another day

the sun breaks weakly through winter clouds

and snow lays wetly on the land

another day

how do I make it worth living?

how do I infuse it with energy?

I do so by freeing myself from regrets,

from that which lies behind,

and do so by freeing myself for the future,

by letting go of my anxious need

to have it all planned out

and then grabbing hold of one great mission,

my mission for  this day and every day --

to be a person in whom Sacred love stirs

and to be a person

from who Sacred Love flows