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 [...]

we can drive all night, she said

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I’m driving and the music is blasting.
Frequently.
There are certain bands, certain music that is meant to be listened to in a car, windows open, flying down the road.
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I’m starting to come out of a depression that has lasted months. Driving is one of the things I do to fix [...]

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…