Believing in Maybe

From: Ann Tudor <atudor1958@gmail.com>

To: Ann Tudor <atudor1958@gmail.com>

Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2025 at 11:31:54 a.m. EDT

Subject: [delphicitizen] Believing in Maybe

Believing in Maybe

In the Medieval world

beliefs were communal and universal.

In our inconclusive world

of disparate and scattered beliefs

it is thrilling to believe in the maybe,

which roams over wild hills and quiet oases

and affords us the comfort of imaginings.

Indeed, if "this" then maybe also "that"

and there we are:

ideas to make a meal of, a feast of, a harvest table of,

flavoured with toasted cumin and coriander seeds

and heightened by the zest of a lemon.

Fwd: Accept the Gifts That Come; Scenes from the Journey, vol. 22, no. 11

Subject: Accept the Gifts That Come; Scenes from the Journey, vol. 22, no. 11

Accept the Gifts That Come

What an order. How foreign the notion of accepting whatever arrives in your life. For me to accept the unexpected? That will require deep breaths, trust, and a recognition that gratitude is always appropriate—nay, necessary—when gods give gifts. And what better manifestation of gratitude than the full-hearted acceptance of the gift, no matter how strange, no matter how unexpectedly frightening. Gods' gifts don't always answer prayers but may represent the next level—a path we with our limited vision would never have been able to foresee. Accept what will take you beyond, for that will always be where you need to go.