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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Thirst by Mary Oliver
Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have.
I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons.
Oh Lord,
I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the hour
and the bell; grant me, in your mercy,
a little more time.
Love for the earth
and love for you are having such a long
conversation in my heart.
Who knows what
will finally happen or where I will be sent,
yet already I have given a great many things
away, expecting to be told to pack nothing,
except the prayers which, with this thirst,
I am slowy learning.— Mary Oliver, Thirst, Beacon Press, Boston, 2006, pp. 1, 52, 69
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Reblogged this on Indexyourlife and commented:
Pat always shares poems or quotes that gives me a new insight, while also resonating with something in my soul. Is that not always so, we can only understand the answer if the question already lives in our heart.
Thank you Pat, I reblogged this on my blog. Adding my comment, we can only understand the answer to the questions that already lives in our heart, love, Solveig
Thanks, Solveig. I appreciate the way you reblog – with a comment. Blessings! Pat