☀️ The Daily Boost #788
☀️ Light comes to find us
TRAVELLING LIGHT
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Because sometimes we
travel heavy
and those heady times we
can barely
imagine the freebody
movement of
dance.
Because sometimes we
travel dark
and from those hard paths we
can’t even
conjure an image of
sunrise
or moonrise
or starlight
or fire.
Because sometimes we
travel solo
and those lonely times we
forget all the others
we’ve travelled with
lovingly
travelled with
home.
Because sometimes we
need to be
travelling lightly
because sometimes we’re in need of
regular reminding
that light comes in circles
and waves
and small moments
and light
comes to find us
and light comes with hope.
(My thanks to Pádraig Ó Tuama and to Black Matter for the film, via Greenbelt Festival.)
The Gentle Nudge
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May the light of hope find us today! Thank you Phyllis 😊
Thank you...this is brilliant! Padraig is one of my favorite poets and this film is perfect with the poem. For any of us who might be feeling disconnected..the reminder of how things circle around is priceless...beautifully expressed. I love his timing in his poem, as if he allows things to circle round naturally, in their own time, instead of forcing it with his words...brilliant!