290: This is the Time to Be Slow

Published: April 30, 2023, 12:41 p.m.

\nWhat happens when we stop demanding of one another that we change, and instead generously come alongside one another with a measure of faithfulness in what John O'Donohue calls the 'hesitant light' which is still present in us even in our greatest difficulties?
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nHere\u2019s our source for this week:
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\nThis is the time to be slow
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\nThis is the time to be slow,
\nLie low to the wall
\nUntil the bitter weather passes.
\nTry, as best you can, not to let
\nThe wire brush of doubt
\nScrape from your heart
\nAll sense of yourself
\nAnd your hesitant light.
\nIf you remain generous,
\nTime will come good;
\nAnd you will find your feet
\nAgain on fresh pastures of promise,
\nWhere the air will be kind
\nAnd blushed with beginning.
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\nJohn O'Donohue
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