"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace."
- Frederick Buechner
Listen to the quietness about you. Listen to the look in your friend’s eyes. Listen to the light of evening spelling out each pale spine of the spider’s web. Listen to the dust under your feet. To the movement of an arm around your shoulders. Listen to the blackberries bleeding on tangled vines. To the cool shift of the breeze – just now. To the shoes lined up neatly by the door. To the stack of clean white paper on glowing, golden wood grain.
Before I beat my fists against the Silence once more, I am trying to relearn the patience of listening.
4 comments:
beautiful reminder... thanks, V.
I agree with leah.
So, what are you reading by Buechner?
Just excerpts collected at the moment, appropriately titled "Listening to Your Life." I did read The Alphabet of Grace the other month though and really liked it.
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