Everyday I ask the loving voice of wisdom, which dwells in our hearts and in this world: “What would you have me know today?” And then I listen. This is what I heard one day, not long ago…

From elsewhere:

“It’s giving until the giving feels like receiving.” (Mary Oliver, To Begin With, the Sweetgrass)

From my heart:

Like the rough Father says, though a little bit gentler.
Like Jesus said, more or less.
Like the Mother does, when the babe screams.
Like I’ve shown you all along.
Like you yourself recite everyday: “...to freely give themselves to the world.”

Eventually no sacrifice remains.
Eventually I’ve consumed all sacrifice in the fire of my truth:
That when you give, in just such a way, you will receive it back.

I love the sound of your cries, my beloved.
I love your protestations, my darling.
They tell me of your heart and of your appetite—and there is nothing more that I would rather know.

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