Scenes from the Journey: Honest Words

Sunday, January 18, 2015

May my speech be impeccable,

without sin or fault.

May my words reveal the heart

whether directly, straight from the heart,

or indirectly, taking circuitous routes

to discover the roots

of the words that grow

in the depths of the heart.

I will summon honest words

and bid them come forth

unhindered, uninhibited

from a heart

inhabited by dreams and memories,

by fleeting thoughts

that rise from passing occurrences,

life's serendipitous events.

All of this informed, of course,

by the most open attention,

the most serious and tenderly playful attention,

the awareness of joy and prayer,

the mindful loving of this so mysterious,

so beloved life.

May these honest words

be heard,

recognized,

and carried through time and space.

Scenes from the Journey