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…
David Whyte

The Bell and the Blackbird
Topic: Courage, Integrity, & Purpose
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD
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.
Poet, The Bell and the Blackbird, Many Rivers Press
The Bell and the Blackbird
Whyte, David. The Bell and the Blackbird. Many Rivers Press, 2018.
David Whyte
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