Sorry, John O’Donohue we had a typo in the title of your poem yesterday. It did sort of still make sense to me with a “in” but upon looking at Catherine’s book of the blessings the right little two letter word is “on”. I will go back and edit the blogpost now. There. So it is, “For A Friend On The Arrival Of Illness”.
But the thought remains how come it took me five years of writing to get half way to what John said in one poem? See that’s the “not fair” part. But I am happy none the less for I found the trail even though I had to do it the hard way and crawl it at a snail’s pace. I understand what he is getting at in other words, it all looks familiar.
Hat’s off to you John for this piece of poetry, this blessing. You have enriched the conversation immensely. You have pointed the way to something different, something positive, something that we can work with.
OK, walking in minutes. Tomorrow is just hours away, we you then. Anon, Felipé.
Well, you know, John does have a way with words, and with vision. As we say, each one has to walk their own Camino. None are wrong, none are without lessons learned.
Just keep writing!
Ronaldo ~ How are things there in Astorga? So excited that Karen Kelly is coming your way. You will have to send us a pic of you guys together. Nice post on FB today about encouraging each other. I may write on that now or maybe not, mind aswirl. Hello to Ann. Felipé.
I’m happy to see you used the FB thing. No one mentioned the image- all kinds of metaphors wrapped up in those twisted, symmetrical branches. I heard yesterday that a good friend was diagnosed with cancer and I immediately had Annie send out a DVD. I think it will minister to him and his family.
We are doing great here, working on the talking point for the Veranda video. Trying to avoid being serious.
Love to all of you on Vashon. The corn here is gaining ground.
Ronaldo ~ it is so great to have you there in Spain. Thank you for working on something to send to us. Also, just a thought, if Karen CEBC shows up maybe you could have her say a few works for us here at the Veranda. Maybe you could work that out.
Good work on send out the DVD. I am sure that it will be a help. Felipé.