Wearing away the self
Mon, 01 Jan 1996 Filed in:
Journal
Our selves can sometimes be like the
crust of Earth, which hides the burning, naked heart. And although
sometimes we may erupt, it requires the patient necessity of time
to wear away our exterior. When we look at the Grand Canyon, we can
know that it will happen. I put my faith in the efficacy of water,
and the results which devotion and labor must achieve. So too the
farmer, who spends his life and effort in the dirt, throwing stony
seeds upon the ground, relying on a hidden process to bring up
fruits and flowers from the earth. Every farmer is a mystic.