Imagine That!

Last week I went to a retreat at Rolling Ridge on "The Poetry of Prayer" led by Steve Garnaas-Holmes. It was a great fall day full of nature's glory, inspiring words, and new and old friends. This poem came out of that retreat.

Imagine That!

Imagine you are loved

really loved

as much as you love your old dog

who poops on the carpet

who pees reliably not on the pee pads

who turns up his nose

at the expensive single serving filet mignon.

Remember how you forgive him

time after time

even after he does it again

and again.

Remember

that there is no end

no condition

no restriction

no contingency

on you love for him

on  your forgiveness of him.

Imagine that you,

yes you,

your flawed, shitty self

is loved and forgiven

that much

over and over

and over again.

Imagine that!