Thursday, November 23, 2023

The doorway into thanks (Marcel Proust / Mary Oliver)


Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
They are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom.

--Marcel Proust 

It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch 

a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak. 

--Mary Oliver, Praying

Happy Thanksgiving to all from
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mill Valley! 

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