{"id":169535,"date":"2020-09-28T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=169535"},"modified":"2020-09-28T06:30:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T05:30:49","slug":"for-one-who-is-exhausted-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/09\/for-one-who-is-exhausted-a-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"For One Who Is Exhausted, a Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have been forced to enter empty time.<\/p>\n

The desire that drove you has relinquished.
\nThere is nothing else to do now but rest
\nAnd patiently learn to receive the self
\nYou have forsaken for the race of days.<\/p>\n

At first your thinking will darken
\nAnd sadness take over like listless weather.
\nThe flow of unwept tears will frighten you.<\/p>\n

You have traveled too fast over false ground;
\nNow your soul has come to take you back.<\/p>\n

Take refuge in your senses, open up
\nTo all the small miracles you rushed through.<\/p>\n

Become inclined to watch the way of rain
\nWhen it falls slow and free.<\/p>\n

Imitate the habit of twilight,
\nTaking time to open the well of color
\nThat fostered the brightness of day.<\/p>\n

Draw alongside the silence of stone
\nUntil its calmness can claim you.
\nBe excessively gentle with yourself.<\/p>\n

Stay clear of those vexed in spirit.
\nLearn to linger around someone of ease
\nWho feels they have all the time in the world.<\/p>\n

Gradually, you will return to yourself,
\nHaving learned a new respect for your heart
\nAnd the joy that dwells far within slow time.<\/p>\n

________________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>John O’Donohue<\/em>\u00a0(1 Jan 1956 \u2013 4 Jan 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and\u00a0<\/em>Hegelian<\/a>\u00a0philosopher. He was a native\u00a0Irish<\/a>\u00a0speaker,\u00a0and as an author is best known for popularising\u00a0Celtic spirituality<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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