Monday, June 24, 2019

Thresholds


                                        T    A threshold
                                       H    has appeared,
                                       R    ripening,
                                       E    encouraging,
                                       S    silently.
                                       H    Hazy possibilities,
                                       O    opening to newness,
                                       L     lightness,
                                       D    and darkness.   Discernment.

S    Stand still on
T    this threshold
A    and wait for
T     time to open the door.
I     Invitation to pause,
O    open to the liminal space.

 P   Pause and wait.

E    Eventually you will
R    realize when you are called
E    to exit this place
G   with grace,
R   with respect,
I    in love and in faith.
N  Next step still unclear,
A  without anxiety or angst,
T   toward the
I    in between place
O  opening up to you.

By Marcia McLaughlin
March 15, 2019


Statio:  Practice of stopping one thing before beginning another
Peregrineatio:  Pilgrimage in a boat without an oar or rudder


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