{"id":423,"date":"2014-03-24T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=423"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:51:14","slug":"march-24-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2014\/03\/24\/march-24-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"March 24 – “Enough”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, March 24 — David Whyte<\/p>\n

12 hours and 20 minutes of daylight today in Detroit {sunrise 7:29 –> sunset 7:40}. June’s longest day isn’t so far off; neither is baseball season. This morning I could see the tips of daffodils from our kitchen window.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I notice that I walk right by the beauty — playful teasing, cooking oatmeal, tears for someone’s tragedy, showing up when you have a headache. And yesterday’s Honors Convocation put a light on students’ accomplishments, and on the faces of their families.<\/p>\n

David Whyte’s poem reminds me that my opaque self-absorptions are always permeable. “Yours too,” so the poet tells us.<\/p>\n

Have a good day in this March work week. It’s good to read the poem out loud.<\/p>\n

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john st sj
\nEnough<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enough. These few words are enough.
\nIf not these words, this breath.
\nIf not this breath, this sitting here.<\/p>\n

This opening to the life
\nwe have refused
\nagain and again
\nuntil now.<\/p>\n

David Whyte, Where Many Rivers Meet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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