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14 responses to “this planet Earth and all Beings”

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   grace Forrest

   September 12, 2021

   the arrangement of the words belongs to Typepad. I can do nothing about that.

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2. 

   Mo Crow

   September 12, 2021

   (((Grace))) love the story of Raven’s Shawl
   here’s the link to the post;
   https://trickstershoard.com/2021/09/10/the-story-isnt-finished/
   & the full text of the poem from ‘hymns to swear by’2010
   https://padraigotuama.bandcamp.com/track/narrative-theology
   Narrative Theology by Pádraig Ó Tuama
   And I said to him

   Are there answers to all of this?
   And he said
   The answer is in a story
   and the story is being told.
   And I said
   But there is so much pain
   And he answered
   Pain will happen.
   Then I said
   Will I ever find meaning?
   And he said
   You will find meaning
   Where you give meaning.
   The answer is in story
   and the story isn’t finished.
   The question is not where but now
   there question’s never finished
   or exhausted
   and the answers in the asking
   not the answer
   the answer’s in the breathing of the question
   in the love of holding onto
   what was never whispered never seen
   but what we dreamed of in the morning
   then forgot while venus hid
   the answer’s in the living not the knowing
   the answer’s in the telling of the story
   in half forgotten memory
   and all unfinished stories
   the answer’s in the showing time of senses
   the answer’s in the question
   in the learning
   in the fading page of writing
   in the letter sent to lovers
   in the paying for the other
   the answer is the generous
   is the truthing
   the absolutely truthful anger
   and forgiving is the giving of what you don’t deserve
   it’s what I’ll serve because you’re hungry
   even though you may not know it
   the answer’s in the living and the dying
   in the trying for redemption on an empty hill of crosses
   it’s the shoring up of hope and the gathering of losses
   it’s the looking for companions in the hills and in the glens
   it’s the waking up and walking up and starting up again
   the answer’s in the living
   and the trying.
   And I said to the wise man,
   what is the answer to all this
   And he said the answer’s in the story
   and the story’s just unfolding.

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3. 

   Mo Crow

   September 12, 2021

   the shortened form of the poem is from the Book of Exile 2012
   Narrative theology # 1
   (for Peter Saunders)
   And I said to him
   Are there answers to all of this?
   And he said
   The answer is in a story
   and the story is being told.
   And I said
   But there is so much pain
   And she answered, plainly,
   Pain will happen.
   Then I said
   Will I ever find meaning?
   And they said
   You will find meaning
   Where you give meaning.
   The answer is in the story
   And the story isn’t finished.

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4. 

   Liz A

   September 13, 2021

   “the answer is in the story … and the story isn’t finished”
   this is everything

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5. 

   jude

   September 13, 2021

   to give . meaning.

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6. 

   Peggy McG

   September 13, 2021

   I like it !

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7. 

   Faith

   September 13, 2021

   Oooo, I like this, too. For me, especially “You will find meaning
   Where you give meaning.” And maybe I’ll also memorize it and use it as prayer/meditation.

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8. 

   maria

   September 13, 2021

   thanks for this poem
   ” the answer is in the breathing of the question “

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9. 

   grace Forrest

   September 13, 2021

   Yes. Like. Love.

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10. 

    grace Forrest

    September 13, 2021

    Mo…bless you

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11. 

    grace Forrest

    September 13, 2021

    it is. it really is EVERy THINg. totally.

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12. 

    grace Forrest

    September 13, 2021

    where you give meaning…..i spent the day with this

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13. 

    grace Forrest

    September 13, 2021

    it’s good. a walking prayer. I began this eve.
    the road up from B garden is just right.

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14. 

    grace Forrest

    September 13, 2021

    i knew you would love this….it is how you ARE

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