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Thought on Sunday – May – 22/05/2016

Thought Today is by Triona Doherty called ‘Making Space

The following is from the poem called ‘Clearing’ by Martha Postlewaite

Do not try to save
the whole world

or do anything grandiose.

Instead, create a clearing

in the dense forest of your life

and wait there

patiently,

until the song

that is your life

falls into your own cupped hands

and you recognize and greet it.

Only then will you know

how to give yourself

to this world

so worthy of rescue.

There is deep wisdom in this poem. The advice to ‘create a clearing in the dense forest of your life’ particularly resonates with me. It can be difficult, with our hectic lives and all the noise of the world around us, to have time to take stock of things. Of course we feel a calling to be good people, to be a positive force in the world, but where do we start?

Well, Jesus tells us to start small. In today’s Gospel, he is careful not to overburden his disciples. He has lots more to say and to teach them, but it would be ‘too much’ for them now. Instead he gives them space. After he is gone, when the time is right and they have had time to reflect, he will send his Spirit to lead them in the right direction. That same Spirit is with us now, if we can make space to listen.