By the turtle

By the turtle

out in the sun,

I walked -

No retreat, no splash.

"A religious attitude relates to the cultivation of soul ...."

“A religious attitude relates to the cultivation of soul – an openness to wonder, awe, fear, and reverence with respect to the “other”, those numinous forces that exist outside our conscious control.”

Grasping for answers

Grasping for answers,

She enquires of all

Except her own heart.

The year's at the spring

The year’s at the spring

And the day’s at the morn;

Morning’s at seven;

The hillside’s dew-pearled;

The lark’s on the wing;

The snail’s on the thorn:

God’s in his heaven –

All’s right with the world!

Robert Browning