February 19-B, 2023

The Guardians and Guides 
must be recognized,
honored
and trusted
without being assumed
and taken for granted.

We all "get by
with a little help
from our friends,"
our friends being
the invisible forces/hands
at work in our life,
leading,
directing,
protecting,
defending
us against the forces
of greed and ignorance
that would lead us astray
as they did with Adam and Eve
in the mythical Garden of Eden.

We live between Eden and Gethsemane,
in the Wasteland of our discontent.
Finding the way that is The Way
is a matter of luck and perseverance,
sticking to it
when it looks to all the world
to be nothing more than the wind
that blows where it will.

We do it by enjoying the wonder
of the adventure,
and the thrill of the surprises
and turns
that accompany us through the waiting
and wondering
to the amazement of laughter 
and delight
at the wonder of waiting and wondering
breaking in to encourage us
in the work of being human
between the worlds of reason
and the revered.