Waters of Creativity

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, March 12, 2000

This little puddle of creativity
which each of us is
is small, but strong and mighty,
for it is connected by underground springs
to the great ocean of life
which is God;
to be a single drop in that ocean,
let alone an entire puddle,
is enough to transform a life
and transform an earthly world.

For that puddle goes deeper
than human eyes will ever see;
it is fed and watered by an ageless stream of human tears;
it is deepened yet by the rains of nature's seasons.
These wellsprings are eternal
and flow in ample supply;
these springs will flow forever;
these reservoirs never run dry.

The dryness that comes from time to time
is a brief and transient state,
caused by human ego trying to control the flow;
bottling up tears; interfering with the seasons;
replacing the Way of the Spirit
with our own little puny reasons
and ways of life.

And when these pass, as pass they must,
it is like a cloudburst in the desert,
moistening the dust
and turning it into potter's clay.
At last ready to create,
the puddle overflows
and becomes a mighty ocean all God's own.

jbs 
3/19/99 - 3/12/00

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