“To reteach a thing its loveliness. . . “

“To reteach a thing its loveliness. . . “

 

St. Francis and the Sow
by Galway Kinnell

 

Good morning, New Day! Thank you for opening this message!

What’s your purpose?ย ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ

I think all of us probably have one or more things in our lives that give us a sense of purpose. Some things that are specific to each of us, and some that are (hopefully) shared by many other humans trying to make the world a better place.

This week my friend and New Day practice member, cin Salach, introduced me to a beautiful poem I’d like to share with you.

cin happens to be a poet herself, and writes commissioned poems professionallyย (I even commissioned her to write a poem last year for my dear cat Khan!)ย ๐Ÿ˜ป

This poem reminds me of all the little precious moments each of us has available, an infinite number really, to (re)inspire in ourselves and others a sense of wholeness, love, and connectionย โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒ

Enjoy!

Saint Francis and the Sow

By Galway Kinnell

The bud

stands for all things,

even for those things that donโ€™t flower,

for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;

though sometimes it is necessary

to reteach a thing its loveliness,

to put a hand on its brow

of the flower

and retell it in words and in touch

it is lovely

until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;

as Saint Francis

put his hand on the creased forehead

of the sow, and told her in words and in touch

blessings of earth on the sow, and the sow

began remembering all down her thick length,

from the earthen snout all the way

through the fodder and slops to the spiritual curl of the tail,

from the hard spininess spiked out from the spine

down through the great broken heart

to the sheer blue milken dreaminess spurting and shuddering

from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking and blowing beneath them:

the long, perfect loveliness of sow.

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Katie Ray

Great day to you! Iโ€™m Dr. Katie Ray, founder of and chiropractor at New Day. Network Spinalโ„ข changed my lifeโ€“or I wouldnโ€™t be writing to you about this right now!โ€“and, 10 years since my introduction to this care, I remain an enthusiastic advocate and consumer.

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