“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” Rumi
Need Never Be Answered Did you nourish the moment in you, have you understood the stir of the east wind and caress of the indifferent ocean or touched the inestimable sky, even when it darkens and the secret ceremonies draw us to sacred connection, keeping alive the questions that live under our skin and need never be answered, or we would silence our deep quest and miss all that is present, all that is wise, in the whispers of trees. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Oh this is so moving. I feel the sacredness within it. The living in the questions.m this poem feels ethereal. Beautiful.
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Thank you so much for the wonderful response, you understood it.
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Sometimes understanding that there are unanswered questions is more important than scrambling for answers that are not really there. To the sacred spaces, places, and people in our lives.
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Absolutely Pat, you got it, thank you very much for sharing.
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Wow!
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Thank you so much Lucy 🙂
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Beautiful and moving! ❤
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Thank you ever so much Cheryl, appreciate your words. 🙂
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Beautiful!
That phrase “that live under our skin” reminds me of the term “subkutan”, subcutaneous, which is sometimes used for something unconscious
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Yes, you have picked up on the soul of the poem, thank you so much Gerhard.
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Beautifully penned, Paul.
Your photo looks very much like bluffs in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
Here’s to 2021!
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Thank you so much Sandy, yes, when I see the Rockies I see some similarities, yes, let’s live into 2021 🙂
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My pleasure.
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Understanding not only that they don’t need to be answered but that they are unanswerable so the pressure is off. I’ve been reading and listening to Alan Lightman the last week or so and one thing he talks about is the sense of mystery and how it charges the spiritual battery (paraphrasing.)
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I like that very much, fits with my feeling, yes, no pressure, just being. Thank you for sharing this Lisa, and here’s to 2021.
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no answers in silence just the wind whispering through my soul like your poem. thank you Paul and happy new year ❤️
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Thank you Cindy, yes, happy new year to you 🙂
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You’re so welcome… thanks Paul. ❤️
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I would have to answer the question this poem raises as yes, thankfully.
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That knowing it just doesn’t matter, we can’t control everything anyway, thank you for sharing this.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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Trying to focus on gifts we receive through nature this year has been a respite from daily troubles.
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Yes, I find that enlivens me too.
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A moving poem Paul. We need time with ourself to feel and find the answer.
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Yes indeed, we must feel it, then we really do know.
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This resonated well. Sometimes it’s good to let go and acknowledge that the answers to our questions aren’t really out there 🙂
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Absolutely Hannah, just need to stop and feel for once. 🙂
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Agreed!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Happy to share, Paul! 😊✨✨🎉
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Beautiful piece, Paul! There will always be unanswered questions in life. Seeking the answers is what makes life a journey.
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Yes, and to simply take them gently, thank you Eugenia, very much appreciated.
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My pleasure!
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This reads like a meditation. Calls me to a deeper place.
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That is a wonderful connect, meditation – yes, I like that thought VJ.
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Your words inspire me to wander into nature and let thoughts wander free to capture what is present and wise. Beautiful.
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Thank you so much Astrid, nature is as you say.
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Fully agree to equipsblog comment. Thank you for sharing these useful thoughts. Michael
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Thank you for your thoughts too Michael.
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:-))
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Very well written and with an emotional feeling🤓Well Done Mr Paul😉✔
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Very kind indeed, thank you.
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Nice lines
Keep it up👍
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow love this one too
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Thank you so much 🙂
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