Welcome to the Quote of the Week, your weekly spiritual snack for mind, body & soul. April is National Poetry Month and with that in mind, the QoftheW will feature inspirational and meaningful poems for the next 4 weeks.
Life is An ongoing journey that all people must undergo and Mary Oliver's poem, The Journey, expresses the struggle we all face in trying to find ourselves through the all the obstacles that are in our way. Enjoy!
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The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
~ Mary Oliver ~
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A Recycle Quote (poem) of the Week Classic...
Little Things
Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our world an Eden
Like the Heaven above.
Thus the little minutes
Humble though they be
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
~ Julia Carney ~
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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