Soul Soup

•what does

your soul soup need?

what was

cooking, bubbling, freed?

•on the piping hot

cookery range of life

a heart not fraught?

a pinch of healing, less strife?

•are you set too low?

stagnant, add some salt

tweak the recipe, nice & slow

tears simmering wrought

•a delicious mass, savory

turn it up hot

your soup not ordinary

it’s changing and sought

•taste it and see

not a bland hand, but good

what more sprinkling needs be?

stir it, oh spoon, wonderful wood

•be patient, soak herbs in

spice, vegetables, whole lot

perfectly poured, bowl to brim

sweet soul soup served hot

•what does

your soul soup need?

what was

cooking, bubbling, freed?

A. M. Pine 🌲 ♥️

But Sally did not want to be set free for anything, for it was living itself that she enjoyed. She liked lighting a real fire of logs and fir cones, and toasting bread on an old-fashioned toaster. And she liked the lovely curve of an old staircase and the fun of running up and down it. And she vastly preferred writing a letter and walking with it to the post than using the telephone and hearing with horror her voice committing itself to to things she would never have dreamed of doing if she’d had the time to think. “It’s my stupid brain,” she said to herself. “I like the leisurely things, and taking my time about them. That’s partly why I like children so much, I think. They’re never in a hurry to get on to something else.”

Elizabeth Goudge

The Pilgrim’s Inn , p. 12

♥️How is your week? What things in your life need stirring creatively or spiritually? I’m going to be thinking on these things awhile…

~ Blessings!