Thursday 8th DECEMBER
Day 8
Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground. Be crumbled.
So wildflowers will come up
where you are.
You have been stoney for too many years.
Try something different.
Surrender.
by Rumi
Surrender . Be at peace. How many times do we feel power force strength are the way forward. We shoulf say every morning ‘SURRENDER’
The philosophers know that simply being tough enough to subdue an adversary– physically, emotionally, verbally— does not guarantee peace. It only assures me that the situation will continue long after the initial struggle ends. “Soft is stronger than hard,”Hermann Hesse wrote, “water stronger than rock, love stronger than force.”
Christmas parties are the thing this week. One special group the Women Writers Network WWN met as it has every year (weather permitting) Under the Magnolia tree and we met – some of us for the first time since covid. We shared poems that made us laugh, we popped a few bottles of Champas and shared special treats and chocolate, Later the same day in the evening we met the Norm’s Poetry group and again shared our work and a party.