soft on my ears...

I just got home from visiting my Mom and Dad. It was a beautiful drive...the blue bonnets and indian paintbrushes were amazing!!! I'm so glad that you are doing better Mom...I love you <3

I also was listening to a cd. The cd is poetry by Hafiz read by Daniel Ladinsky. Hafiz is a sufi poet who was crazy, mad, passionately in love with God. It's some of the most beautiful poetry I have ever heard.

Here's a little taste...I hope it takes you there.

Saints Bowing in the Mountains

Do you know how beautiful you are?

I think not, my dear.

For as you talk of God,

I see great parades with wildly colorful bands

Streaming from your mind and heart,

Carrying wonderful and secret messages

To every corner of this world.

I see saints bowing in the mountains

Hundreds of miles away

To the wonder of sounds

That break into light

From your most common words.

Speak to me of your mother,

Your cousins and your friends.

Tell me of squirrels and birds you know.

Awaken your legion of nightingales—

Let them soar wild and free in the sky.

And begin to sing to God.

Let’s all begin to sing to God!

Do you know how beautiful you are?

I think not, my dear,

Yet Hafiz

Could set you upon a Stage

And worship you forever!

--Hafiz