“If the angel deigns to come,
it will be because you have convinced her,
not by tears
but by your humble resolve
to be always beginning;
to be a beginner.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
How hard it is to be always beginning,
to push away the chill of frozen judgments
and instead, to invite in
the warm spaciousness
of kindness and compassion.
Photo © Janice Henshaw 2015 Grayton Beach, Florida