Weekly Words 3.1.20

THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD.      By David Whyte
 
The sound of a bell
Still reverberating,
or a blackbird calling
from a corner of the field,
asking you to wake
into this life,
or inviting you deeper
into the one that waits.
 
Either way
takes courage,
either way wants you
to be nothing
but that self that
is no self at all,
wants you to walk
to the place
where you find
you already know
how to give
every last thing
away.
 
The approach
that is also
the meeting
itself,
without any 
meeting 
at all.
 
That radiance                      
you have always                        
carried with you                  
as you walk
both alone                          
and completely                             
accompanied
in friendship                              
by every corner                 
of the world                            
Crying 
Allelujah.                
 
This week pay attention.  When are you answering the sound of the bell?
When are you answering the sound of the blackbird.