Journeying 3: Tenebrae

Posted on April 16, 2014 by harasprice

The Uses of Sorrow

(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)

Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.

~Mary Oliver
(by Mary Oliver, from Thirst, Beacon Press, Boston, 2006)

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About harasprice

Episcopal Priest, Social Worker, Professor, parent, teacher, learner, writer, advocate, and grateful traveller along this journey through life. Serving as the Vocations Minister for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
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