I am an active volunteer. Most of my volunteer work draws me into settings with people who are in some degree of need. Like many who give of their time in these ways, I often feel I receive so much more than I give.  It is authentically hospitable to simply take care of another’s most obvious needs, mindful of the complexities of their unspoken needs.

Haiku is a perfect format for reflecting on my encounters with others in this volunteer work as it too, dances simply with the complex.

She 

Those yearning blue eyes

Memories gone – shards only

SPIRIT – be with her

 

I 

See with my heart’s eyes

Re-member YOU with a touch

Through, with and in YOU

  

We 

Gather together

In-dwelling time – faith, hope, trust

Small acts of your love