For a New Beginning

A Poem by ~  John O’ Donohue

In out of the way places of the heart
Where your thoughts never think to wander
This beginning has been quietly forming
Waiting until you were ready to emerge

For a long time it has watched your desire
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you
Noticing how you willed yourself on
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent
Wondered would you always live like this

Then the delight when your courage kindled
And out you stepped onto new ground
your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plenitude opening before you

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire

Awaken your spirit to adventure
Hold nothing back and learn to find ease in risk
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.