tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282611045408078347.post2256524214984152611..comments2023-07-05T17:43:40.878+05:30Comments on By Little and By Little: Little Girls, Spotted Owls and Kids with Down SyndromeJo Chopra McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663017534433599497noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282611045408078347.post-22780383925327357162010-03-14T10:20:04.826+05:302010-03-14T10:20:04.826+05:30How surely gravity’s law
strong as an ocean curren...How surely gravity’s law<br />strong as an ocean current<br />takes hold of even the smallest thing<br />and pulls it toward the heart of the world.<br /><br />Each thing—<br />each stone, blossom, child—<br />is held in place<br />Only we, in our arrogance<br />push out beyond what we each belong to<br />for some empty freedom.<br /><br />If we surrender<br />to earth’s intelligence<br />we could rise up rooted, like trees.<br />Instead we entangle ourselves<br />in knots of our own making<br />and struggle, lonely and confused.<br /><br />So, like children, we begin again<br />to learn from the things<br />because they are in God’s heart<br />they have never left him.<br /><br />This is what the things can teach us<br />to fall<br />patiently to trust our heaviness<br />Even a bird has to do that<br />before he can fly.<br /><br />- RILKEEntropyhttp://www.entropy.in/noreply@blogger.com