Poems on mindfulness, something I feel I’m constantly chasing @mustoejames

By James Mustoe

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope for hope

would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love

For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith

But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.

Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

by T.S. Eliot

Walk, don’t run.That’s it.Walk, don’t run.Slow down, breathe deeply,and open your eyes because there’sa whole world right here within this one. The bush doesn’t suddenly catch on fire, it’s been burning the whole time.Moses is simply movingslowly enough to see it. And when he does,he takes off his sandals.Not becausethe ground has suddenly become holy,but because he’s just now becoming aware thatthe ground has been holy the whole time.Efficiency is not God’s highest goal for your life,neither is busyness,or how many things you can get done in one day,or speed, or even success.But walking,which leads to seeing,now that’s something.That’s the invitation for every one of us today,and everyday, in every conversation, interaction,event, and moment: to walk, not run. And in doing so,to see a whole world right here within this one.by Rob Bell