Poem of the Month: January 2003

I was just thinking
one morning
during meditation
how much alike
hope
and baking powder are:
quietly
getting what is
best in me
to rise,
awakening
the hint of eternity
within.

I always think of that
when I eat biscuits now
and wish
that I could be
more faithful
to the hint of eternity,
the baking powder
in me.

- Macrina Wiederkehr

Journal prompts:

• What is rising within you through the "baking powder" of hope and gratitude?
  
  
• Reflect back on the year 2002.  How have you been "faithful/ to the hint of eternity"?
  
  
• What is best in you?  When or how or with whom does it "rise up" in you?
  
  
• Do you have a meditation practice? Is that something you desire for yourself in 2003? Reflect on this.