The Shimmering Hours

There is so much

I want to say,

as if the saying

could prepare you

for this path,

as if there were anything

I could offer

that would make your way

less circuitous,

more smooth.

 

Once you step out

you will see for yourself

how nothing could have

made you ready for this road

that will take you

from what you know now

to what you cannot perceive

except, perhaps,

in your dreaming

or as it gives a glimpse

in prayer.

 

But I can tell you

this journey is not

about miles.

It is not about how far

you can walk

or how fast.

 

It is about what you will do

with this moment, this star

that blazes in your sky

though no one else

might see.

 

So open your heart

to these shimmering hours

by which your path

is made.

 

Open your eyes

to the light that shines

on what you will need

to see.

 

Open your hands

to those who go with you,

those seen

and those known only

by their blessing, their benediction

of the road that is

your own.

Jan Richardson, thewisdomteachings.org, December 31, 2020