“The Gift Be still, my soul, and steadfast. Earth and heaven both are still watching though time is draining from the clock and your walk, that was confident and quick, has become slow. So, be slow if you must, but let the heart still play its true part. love still as once you loved, deeply and without patience. Let God and the world know you are grateful. That the gift has been given.”
Mary Oliver is a renowned American poet, born on September 10, 1935. Her poetry is known for its profound depiction of the natural world and delicate insights into life. Oliver's style is simple and direct, which has won her a wide audience. more
“We see everything through the filter of our own desires and regrets, hopes and fears.”
“We do not experience ourselves as a gift until we are engaged in the act of creating.”
“Where your gift and the void of the world know, there lies your vocation.”
“Too often we define love as something that we feel verses something that we give.”