WALK DON’T RUN By
Rob Bell
(Thanks for Rabbi Lior Nevo for pointing me to this poem.)
Walk,
don’t run.
That’s
it.
Walk,
don’t run.
Slow
down, breathe deeply,
and
open your eyes because there’s
a
whole world right here within this one. The bush doesn’t suddenly catch on
fire, it’s been burning the whole time.
Moses
is simply moving
slowly
enough to see it. And when he does,
he
takes off his sandals.
Not
because
the
ground has suddenly become holy,
but
because he’s just now becoming aware that
the
ground has been holy the whole time.
Efficiency
is not God’s highest goal for your life,
neither
is busyness,
or
how many things you can get done in one day,
or
speed, or even success.
But
walking,
which
leads to seeing,
now
that’s something.
That’s
the invitation for every one of us today,
and
everyday, in every conversation, interaction,
event,
and moment: to walk, not run. And in doing so,
to
see a whole world right here within this one.
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