Comments on: Sacred Life Sunday

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:41:17 +0000

I take back what I said. I’m going to memorize this poem. The way I experienced water yesterday soothed my stressed mind. Thank you again for this comforting post. Your massage therapist/friend and you are very wise.

By: Sunday afternoon walk in the city « Closely Observed

Sunday afternoon walk in the city « Closely Observed — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:33:34 +0000

[...] On this dull, gray day — when to be honest, I had been feeling a bit melancholy — I suddenly felt a burst of summer sunshine in my heart and had a sudden urge to start dancing myself. Perhaps I was influenced by this jen lemen post? When the fountains were resting, I too, wanted to lie back in the water and let it hold me up. [...]

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:25:17 +0000

Elaine,

O, hurrah! My massage-therapist-turned-friend Camille gave me this poem for my pocket when I left the states. I needed it this week, and thought others might find it comforting as well. Much Shalom to you this day!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:29:10 +0000

I’m so glad these photos and this poem were the first things I looked at on my computer screen this morning. They set the tone for the whole day and REMINDED me to keep this a sacred (rather than working) Sunday.

Thank you for introducing me to a new poet. I read a bit of his bio and a couple of his other poems.

I probably will not remember most of the words of the poem but I won’t forget the beautiful, peaceful, trusting face of your daughter. I’ll carry the photo memories in a little drawer of my brain and pull them out when I feel like I need someone or something to hold me up.