keep walking

lately it seems that nearly everyone i talk to is waiting for something. whether it's news about a job interview or a medical procedure, the arrival of a due date (i am surrounded by lots of first-time pregnant ladies), or for depth to develop in friendships; i think we can all agree: waiting is hard. i found this poem several months ago, while anticipating the unknown future after tim's graduation. i'm encouraged to continue walking in faith, focusing more on the here+now rather than the future. i'm relieved to name the fear that can well up within me, when i start trying to figure out the future, which is not for me to grasp. it's always apparent afterward how much growth and beauty comes from waiting... and the challenge is to live out that hope in the process.

keep walking, though there's no place to get to.

don't try to see through the distances,

that's not for human beings.

move within, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened.

don't open the door to the study and begin reading.

take down a musical instrument.

let the beauty we love be what we do.

there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

                                 {rumi}

katie anne