"This light is not redemption, just the silt of afternoon sun"
What is the worst that could happen? What is the best that could happen?
Orange Giant Sulphur (Callidryas Agarithe) by Sherman F. Denton (1856-1937) from Moths and Butterflies of the United States (1900)
What We Fear Most
by Linda Pastan
for R after the accident
We have been saved one more time
from what we fear most.
Let us remember this moment.
Let us forget it if we can.
Just now a kind of golden dust
settles over everything:
the tree outside the window,
though it is not fall;
the cracked sugar bowl,
so carefully mended once.
This light is not redemption,
just the silt of afternoon sun
on an ordinary day,
unlike any other.
from Queen of a Rainy Country, WW Norton, 2006.
Creative Invitations
Make a list of the three things you fear most.
Imagine greeting each of these with a warm welcome. Imagine you are unafraid. Invite one into your house for tea. What is the worst that could happen?
Love this.