Journal/ Day 19 and 20 Switzerland Via Alpina
Thank you for walking with my ‘words’ through the vast country side of Switzerland.
My wings are preparing for another flight, a NEW Pilgrimage.
I will connect when I land again on home shores.
Till then…
‘Ring the Bell that still can ring,
there is a crack, a crack in everything—that’s how the LIGHT gets in.’
Leonard Cohen
Switzerland 2022
July 19th, 2022
It doesn’t have to be the Alps.
It could be the flutter of a
butterfly’s wings decorating
an array of pastel colored
wildflowers
Or
the continuous flow
of the water fountain in town
after town where
—the children splash & play
—the adults dip their hands in
lifting the cool refreshing
drops to their brows
AND
The Pilgrim, pausing,
refills a water bottle.
The sound of the Steeple bells
announce a new hour
while ‘clanging’ bells chime through the
endless minutes in a day
draped around cows grazing
throughout the hillside…
such peace.
July 20th, 2022
“You are part of the Great Oneness
and what you do affects the whole…
You are a voice in the chorus,
a string on the Beloved’s guitar.
When you change your note,
you change the whole chord.
~~~Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Closure
Over mountains.
Dancing above clouds.
Step after step after step…
Final destination—
a lake of glass.
Its ‘blue’ shades dip
into the sky.
My mind ‘jumped’ in…
No longer was I
one single drop in this sea.
I am the sea in every drop.
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