Mother's Words

Why look for answers, my child,
Among the people you meet?
Why believe there is fulfillment
In your narrow life of work?

     Why sacrifice the gift of loneliness
     To fill up the time with diversion?

Look inside every living thing you find.
Feel the energy of rocks and leaves, hummingbirds
     and cactus.
Dwell for a moment in a single blade of grass.
Discover the secret of snowflakes.

     In these patterns lie harmony, my child.
     In harmony, the universe.

~ Nancy Wood