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Jaya Guru Datta, Everyone,

It's finals week this week at the Catholic college where I teach, and like all

the other instructors I am spending my days buried under a pile of final papers

and journals. As I was just grading, nestled among some of the papers was the

following poem. Was it a gift? A reminder? An accident? I don't know....but

worth sharing....

 

Child of Wonder

 

To be a child of wonder, you must learn to " take off " your shoes often. Taking

off your shoes is a sacred ritual. It is a hallowed monument of remembering the

goodness of space and time. It is a way of celebrating the " holy ground " on

which you stand. If you want to be a child of wonder, cherish the truth that

time and space are holy. Whether you take off your shoes symbolically or

literally matters little. What is important is that you are alive to the holy

ground that you are.

 

My bare feet walk the earth reverently for everything keeps crying

Take off your shoes

The ground you stand on is holy

The ground of your being is holy

 

When the wind sings through the pines like a breath of God, awakening you to the

sacred present, calling your soul to new insights..

Take off your shoes!

 

When the sun rises above your rooftop coloring your world with dawn, be

receptive to this awesome beauty; put on your garment of adoration and

Take off your shoes!

 

When the Red Maple drops its last leaf of summer, wearing its " burning bush "

robes no longer, read between its barren branches and

Take off your shoes!

 

When sorrow presses close to your heart, begging you to put your trust in God

alone, filling you with a quiet knowing that God's hand is not too short to heal

you...

Take off your shoes!

 

When a new person comes into your life like a mystery about to unfold and you

find yourself marveling over the frailty and splendor of every human being...

Take off your shoes!

 

When during the wee hour of the night, when you drive slowly into the the new

day, and the morning's fog, like an angel's wings hovers mysteriously above

you..

Take off your shoes!

 

Take off your shoes of distraction, take off your shoes of ignorance and

blindness, Take off your shoes of hurry and worry, take off anything that

prevents you from being a child of wonder!

 

Take of your shoes: The ground you stand on is holy. The ground you are is

holy.

 

Sri Guru Datta!

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