Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Our need to steer the plot (Mark Nepo)


  I’ve been watching stars 
rely on the darkness they 
resist.  And fish struggle with 
and against the current.  And 
hawks glide faster when their 
wings don’t move. 
                                    
Still I keep retelling what 
happens till it comes out 
the way I want. 
  
We try so hard to be the 
main character when it is 
our point of view that 
keeps us from the truth.  
                                    
The sun has a story 
that no curtain can stop. 
                                    
It’s true.  The only way beyond 
the self is through it. The only 
way to listen to what can never 
be said is to quiet our need 
to steer the plot. 
                                    
When jarred by life, we might 
unravel the story we tell ourselves 
and discover the story we are in, 
the one that keeps telling us. 

--Mark Nepo, Understory
Image source:  OLMC parishioner Tim Shore!

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