No angels were called;
no help was needed.
The raging water became
a stilled sea, instantly.
Immediate calm.
Not a ripple. Not a drop.
Not a gust.
In a moment the sea
went from a churning
torrent to a peaceful pond.
He got up, rebuked
the wind and said
to the waves, ‘Quiet!
Be still! ‘
Then the wind died down
and it was completely calm.
He said to His disciples,
‘Why are you so afraid?
Do you still have no faith?
‘ — Mark 4: 39-40
realize that the pleasuresof the world are fleeting?Do you want to give Goda greater place in your life,wishing to draw near to Him,and yet wonder, simultaneously,if your desires are within reach?
on its way to the human beings.I want to bring goods to the poor.I want to make the roots of the treeswet and help the trees to carry fruitsthat the poor on the banks will pluckand eat filling their poor stomachs.I want to live for the poor to feed them,educate them, clothe them and love…
on the Divine,renouncing attachmentand looking uponsuccess and failurewith an equal eye.Spiritualityimplies equanimity.[Trans. Purohit Swami]’(Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita)
confined timeframe.Just when we thinkthe pangs of anguishhave stolen their last breath,another wave sweeps inand we are forced torevisit the memories,the pain, the fear.Sometimes we try to resistthe demands of grieving.We long to avoid this fierce,yet holy pilgrimage.We fight against the currents,terrified of being overwhelmed,of being discovered,of becoming lostin our brokenness.‘Heheals the brokenhearted and binds…
to everything thatexists except our lover.In love we are fully awake.Passionate in our desireto fulfill our beloved’severy wish and love him/herwith all of our heart.(A poem made from the comments of the great poetess Marie Shine, from Listowel)(Graphic: Pablo Almendaro saved to Passionate DesiresPinterest)
being good.Even when othersexploit your goodness,remain good to others.
