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