A Psalm for Life

"Let us, then, be up and doing

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labour and wait."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It's over a hundred years old, but it is a very beautiful psalm. And very deep if you think about it. It is true that it is not enough to dream. Sarah Ann Breathnach, author of a comfort book, says, "We must do something about bringing our dreams into the world EVERY DAY, if we only have fifteen minutes out of every twenty-four hours to concentrate on our calling. Is there a phone call you can make? A letter you can send? One page that you can write? A mailing list you can get yourself on? Five pages of a book you can read? An organization in your dream field that you can volunteer your way into? You'll be amazed at the power of fifteen focused minutes!" How about that!

And then she says, "We have to surrender expectations, delivery details and the world's reception to Spirit. Become open to Divine fine-tuning and finishing touches. Birthing a dream is a collaborative effort." And I'm like, wow! Birthing a dream is a collaborative effort. I'm rolling those words in my mind. Never have I come across it being put in such a delicately beautiful way! Birthing a dream. We're so busy dreaming that even after its gestation period, we don't bother letting it out. Now this is going to change my life with all the little 15 minutes I can spare!