… Seeking Light and Hope to Guide our Way
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen
We enjoyed a weekend together on Cape Cod that was blessed with sharing, praying, reflecting, singing, laughing, playing, enjoying nature (rain and shine!), creating, exercising, eating, and dwelling in the presence of God’s amazing grace!
Hope is all about the future
It is a turning away from the past,
the jagged memories, the fearful thoughts that circle in
a tightening spiral.
Hope is a choice, an opening to the
possibility of change.
It widens the view and restores the heart
Beating, like the wings of a flying bird,
on its way somewhere.
Just as I am and you are.
Susan Coppock
Inspired by a line in Carrie Newcomer’s songA Light in the Window…”I’mthrowing seeds on a winter snow…”
Unfinished Song
I知 casting good bread upon the water I知 shoveling earth from off the ground I知 hanging my coat from the lowest hook I知 saving the best for first.
I知 throwing a long glance over my shoulder
I知 listening to what the little bird said
I知 hesitating before I知 lost
I知 walking a mile in my shoes.
I知 laughing with the doves of mourning I知 taking that leap of standing still
I知 planting feet firmly in the clouds
I知 forgetting who I thought I was.
Shelli Jankowski-Smith May 6, 2017
