Faith
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by Leia / Rome
I came home today with an assignment: finish a 100-page book and note the lessons gained from reading it. The book was no stranger to me. I discovered it many years ago and I'm happy to say that I'm still able to live its principles, although a bit rough around the edges -- well, at least, for the last four years or so.
I always referred to Fish as the more down-to-earth version of The 7 Habits. However, the assignment has refreshed my memory about one poem entitled "Faith" by David Whyte. It is featured on page 44 of the said book. Hope you will indulge me as I share this and maybe you will find yourself loving it like I do.
Faith
by David Whyte
I want to write about faith
about the way the moon rises
over cold snow, night after night
faithful even as it fades from fullness
slowly becoming that last curving and impossible
sliver of light before the final darkness
but I have no faith myself
I refuse to give it to the smallest entry
Let this then, my small poem,
like a new moon, slender and barely open,
be the first prayer that opens me to faith
I always referred to Fish as the more down-to-earth version of The 7 Habits. However, the assignment has refreshed my memory about one poem entitled "Faith" by David Whyte. It is featured on page 44 of the said book. Hope you will indulge me as I share this and maybe you will find yourself loving it like I do.
Faith
by David Whyte
I want to write about faith
about the way the moon rises
over cold snow, night after night
faithful even as it fades from fullness
slowly becoming that last curving and impossible
sliver of light before the final darkness
but I have no faith myself
I refuse to give it to the smallest entry
Let this then, my small poem,
like a new moon, slender and barely open,
be the first prayer that opens me to faith
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