taking pictures of god

There’s a Sufi poet, Hafiz (the best translations are the ones by Daniel Ladinsky).  Hafiz writes love poems to God. This is one of my favorites.

Every child has known God
Every child has known God,
Not the God of names,
Not the God of don’ts,
Not the God who ever does Anything weird,
But the God who knows only [...]

and some day, never comes…

Some days I’m all Kumbaya
Some days I’m all Fight Club
Some days I’m all I can’t hear you
Some days I’m all Go Away

Some days I’m just holding my breath, and swimming as fast as I can.

and now, a word about god

It took a long time for me to hear god talking, to know which was my crazy and which was God. Longer still, to have faith & be okay with God’s sense of humor…