”At the same time that there can be a coming to self in a fuller and fulfilled way, this coming to oneself is in and through the other.” Desmond, 2020, 213.
After arguing
the relativity of
creation as gift,
I walked to the Bay.
The tide was green, the Bay slate
gray, the sky sunless
with one small bright cloud.
My head emptied, cleared, and
I started over.
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‘The relativity of creation as a gift’ 🤔 : hmm, that’s soothing topic for discussion Tom! (I need an emoji for irony!)
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This reflection has the zing of surprise and delight of perspective characteristic of the best haiku. It takes the reader through the stages of will, relfection, revelation, and fruitful emptiness characteristic of real, engaged prayer and poetry.
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