“Only those who risk to go too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot
 

Adapted words from Poet Marni P. Harmony:

If, on a starlit night,
with the moon brilliantly shimmering,
We stay inside and do not venture out,
the evening universe remains
a part of life we shall not know.

If, on a cloudy day,
with grayness infusing all
and rain dancing rivers in the grass,
We stay inside and do not venture out,
the stormy, threatening energy of
the universe remains
a part of life we shall not know.

If, on a frosty morning,
dreading the chilling air before the sunrise,
We stay inside and do not venture out,
the awesome cold, quiet, and stillness of
the dawn universe remains
a part of life we shall not know.

If, throughout these grace-given days of ours,
surrounded as we are by green life and
brown death, hot pink joy and cold gray
pain and miracles—always miracles—

If we stay inside ourselves and do not
venture out
then the Fullness of the universe
shall be unknown to us. 

May you find a way to venture beyond your comfort zone, beyond your known universe to find the fullness life has to offer. 

Peace & Grace,
Rev. Laura

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