If You Must...

Grand Tetons - Jenny Lake to Cascade Canyon Hike - June 2021

 

If you must be heard, 

let it be like the babbling brook, 

laughing over the rocks. 

If you must be seen, 

let it be like sunlight 

giving warmth and comfort to all.

 

If you must be acknowledged, 

let it be as the eyes 

behold the skies in all their glory.

 

If you must lead, 

let it be like the wind 

and all its unshackled direction.

 

If you must learn, 

let it be like breathing, 

the natural flow of in and out, 

and done without thinking.

 

If you must teach, 

let it be like the water, 

deep and flowing, 

for your words are like pebbles in a pond, 

the ripples they cause spread out in all directions, 

and what you give out eventually returns.

 

If you must know, 

let it be flowing and growing.

And above all, if you must: 

shine!

Kerry Hillcoat

https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/meditations/meditation-day-20/