Sr. Elaine Davia, the area leader for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA, offers today’s reflection and a poem as we distance ourselves from our normal routines. Let’s take a deep breath and focus on these words of comfort and goals for patience.
Our Sisters of Bon Secours in Ireland have a unique name for their need to stay indoors because of the virus. They call it “cocooning”. What a beautiful and hopeful image. The caterpillar inside the cocoon has a really difficult time of it. It has to, in effect, eat itself before it can breakout into the beautiful butterfly that it becomes. After sharing this image with Rainey Taylor, the Sales Manager at the Center, she shared this poem with me, which is what this time might be calling us to. ~ Sr. Elaine Davia
Patience
If only I would be
more patient
with the chrysalis
in me,
there could be
beautiful things
coming to life.
I wonder what keeps me running
from dormancy,
trying to leap
into a butterfly
long before its time.
Thus destroying
what could have been
so beautiful
Today: I wait patiently for my spiritual growth.
Taken from Rest Your Dreams on a Little Twig, p. 71
1 reply on “Patience”
Thank You, Sr. Elaine Davia, for these words of wisdom written with such beauty and simplicity!
I find patience to be one of the most difficult virtues . . . this poem creates a powerful visualization of not only the process – but the importance – of accepting and practicing patience.