What ‘faith’ means in the modern age
is getting up and going about your business
day after day after day after day
without asking for a miracle.
A miracle – two eyes and a face
witnessing your witnessing,
and the weird relaxation that comes
from realising we’re all the same.
An act of creativity is always an act
of optimism, and the willingness to love
is always brave. Yet there is godliness
in solitude, and pleasure in waiting.
The hopeful suspense, the anticipation.
It’s the reason why we cover the eyes
of the person who is to be given a surprise –
it’s the juxtaposition of darkness and light
that jolts the dreamer alert to the fact
they’re alive. Suffering, like everything,
exists in the mind. You can change it –
that’s what faith is. You need it to survive.
Could you get a ‘follow by email’ button, for me, pretty please, Louise? Otherwise I’m sure to miss your posts!
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As a fellow WordPress enthusiast Michelle, you should be able to add me to your WordPress reader? Otherwise, I’m very reliable at posting new stuff to Facebook. Also, I’ll invite you to my Facebook page (the weird official writer one…) xx
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