March Words of Courage

Metamorphosis

Always it happens when we are not there - 

The tree leaps up alive into the air,

Small open parasols of Chinese green

Wave on each twig.  But who has ever seen

The latch spring, the bud as it burst?

Spring always manages to get there first.

Lovers of wind, who will have been aware

Of a faint stirring in the empty air,

Look up one day through a dissolving screen

To find no star, but this multiplied green,

Shadow on shadow, singing sweet and clear.

Listen, lovers of wind, the leaves are here!

 — May Sarton

What is happening when you are not there? 

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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 Ann Faulkner, a long time friend and facilitator for CRNT.

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