Passing on a beautiful poem/meditation I read this morning from Howard Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart. In our over full, over stimulated stressed lives, this is a good reminder. Perhaps a good way to start the Lenten season.
How Good To Center Down!
How good it is to center down!
To sit quietly and see one’s self pass by!
The streets of our minds seethe with endless traffic;
Our spirits resound with clashings, with noisy silences,
While something deep within hungers and thirsts for the still moment
and the resting lull.
With full intensity we seek, ere the quiet passes, a fresh sense
of order in our living;
A direction, a strong sure purpose that will structure our confusion
and bring meaning in our chaos.
We look at ourselves in this waiting moment –
the kinds of people we are.
The questions persist: what are we doing with our lives? –
what are the motives that order our days?
What is the end of our doings?
Where are we trying to go?
Where do we put the emphasis and where are our values focused?
For what end do we make sacrifices?
Where is my treasure and what do I love most in life?
What do I hate most in life and to what am I true?
Over and over the questions beat in upon the waiting moment.
As we listen, floating up through all the jangling echoes of our turbulence,
there is a sound of another kind –
A deeper note which only the stillness of the heart makes clear.
It moves directly to the core of our being.
Our questions are answered,
Our spirits refreshed, and we move back into the traffic of our daily round
With the peace of the Eternal in our step.
How good it is to center down!
Howard Thurman
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Wow, so awesome – now to follow the path that he has shed his light upon…
Thanks for the Howard Thurman meditation on “How Good To Center Down”. It ties in so well with Unity’s “40 days of Letting Go”. One of the writers, Rev. Tawnicia F. Rowan uses the lyrics to the song “I Release, and I Let Go” by Rickie Byars and Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith [which she says] capture the essence of Jesus’ message for us and His example during the days leading us to His crucifixion: vs3 …I release, and I let go
I let the Spirit run my life
And my heart is open wide
Yes, I’m only here for God…
(See Unity Lent 2023)
Thank you! I am so glad to have shared this and found many have benifited from Howard Thurman’s writings.
Thank you for sharing. GOD BLESS