Month: February 2026

when

what used to topple

the inner balance

is suddenly received

as an insignificant incident

annoying no doubt

yet not overruling

it might be

an expression

the priority

of the inner hierarchy

is being adjusted

perhaps

the gates to love

are opened

by obedience

rather than by

desire

the role of desire being

the wish

to obey

so desire is not to be

suppressed

rather acknowledged

and liberated

as the natural flow of desire

will always be

towards

obedience

the question being

what we obey

when dying is

no longer

dangerous

when obedience

is not a matter of sacrifice

but of grace

when the one to be counted on

never fails

there is indeed

no reason to be

afraid

the frustration of

being given a promise

which is not redeemed

being told a reality

which is not real

believing

the confusion

it engenders

is of one’s own

lack of faith

when cuddling into

the illusion

of being

a good person

is no longer an option

the certainty

that whatever good

is running through our deeds

comes from elsewhere

seems more plausible

and the habit to please

other peoples

caprices

has no longer any reason

to be

receiving an angel

can in itself be

a daunting experience

being carried through the day

by an army of angels

is beyond words

and yet

so real

being in the proper place

at the proper time

means

a constant listening into

the call

of the present moment

in order to give

the proper answer

and leave

when where we are

is no longer where

we are supposed to be

to observe

the eager to convert

withdraw

like a shadow

retracting under the presence of light

might be

the beginning of

a conversion into mercy

when vulnerability

is no longer considered

a weakness

as something to be ashamed of

and overcome

on our own

since

entering it means

being a burden

and being a burden means

losing what we need

to stay alive

it is no longer a question of staying alive

but about being alive

even while

dying

trying to make mercy

fit into the law

is a dangerous game

so utterly tempting

in the eager

to justify

what can only be received

as

mercy