I go amoung the trees

I go amoung the trees and sit still.
All my stirring becomes quiet
Around me like circles on water.
My tasks lie in their places
Where I left them, asleep like cattle.
Then what I am afraid of comes.
I live for a while in its sight.
And the fear of it leaves me.
It sings, and I hear its song.

~Wendell Berry

You do not have to struggle

(this is a Sandhill Crane hatching)

You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you.

~Paramahansa Yogananda

In the morning

In the morning, the one who does not understand will consider what he will do, while the one who understands will consider what the one will do with him.

~Ibn 'ata 'illah