February Words of Courage

 
Falling Silent
 
 
Let yourself fall
 
towards silence.
 
The work will wait.
 
The people will live.
 
 
Life’s traffic will swim
 
its strokes without you.
 
This is your time to rest
 
on the kind rest of silence.
 
 
Sit awhile in the quilted corner
 
of the one life that needs you.
 
The silence loves your
 
company.
 
 
Love her.
 
 
Breathe the song of your
 
sweet breath.
 
Hear the air sway,
 
the hammock swing.
 
 
The sea’s torso swells like yours
 
rises with the moon tides.
 
Ride this current of quiet.
 
This is your time to rest.
 
 
Erie Chapman, The Caregiver Meditations: Reflections of Loving Presence, Baptist Healing Trust, 2008.
 
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What gifts might "falling into silence" bring to the "one life that needs you"?
 
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To share your comment about this poem and question click on "write a comment" below.
 
This is our monthly offering of Words of Courage. It is our hope that the words that you read and the questions you consider will en-courage you to engage fully in your work in the world.
 
These "Words of Courage" contributed by Chick Deegan, a long time friend and facilitator for CRNT.
Comments (2)
  • 02-19-2010 connie freeman  - I love this!

    Thanks so much for the message today. Unlike most messages in my inbox, this caused me to stop and allow some silence in my day. As always, the silence ushers in peace.
  • 02-19-2010 Catherine Anne Shelby  - Falling Silent
    Thank you for this message, a Jesus message, no man who walked this earth, realizing He is the god-man ever had such an enormous burden for mankind and such a demanding schedule, however, He found it appropriate, necessary and life giving to steal Himself away many times to be with His Father. We must do the same as a personal habit, pursued often
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