Sunday, June 12, 2011

trust, at the heart



amazing people go forth


faith, the maybe irrational belief that what one wants to be
can actually be what is before us when a new day dawns,

the start of any new journey should, logically,
shake us to our core,
for in the unknown, as the Greeks feared, might lie dragons,
yet the Greeks, and we, still choose to venture forth,

imagine the trust in one’s self, and maybe a partner,
to become a parent without knowing the path before you,
and to trust that you can find a way,

imagine the trust of a parent for a school
that we will know the paths
and find the paths that will work for their child,

imagine the trust of a teacher for the student,
our partner in finding the way forward,

and the paths are found: walked, run, danced,

and I feel humbled by how often faith is rewarded here
with amazing people going forth.

by Henry H. Walker
June 10, ’11

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