April 17, 2017

Need

April 17, 2017/ Nick LeForce

Need is the perfect blossom
in the dreaming mind
of the unsprouted seed;

the imagined star held
in the outstretched hand
that has yet
to touch the sky.

When we shed
our need,
the shell
we have used
to keep ourselves
the way we are
cracks open,
the husk
that held
the nascent seed
falls away.

Only then
do we begin
to send
our taproot into life.

Only then
do we begin
to bud
the perfect blossom.

"Need" was inspired by and written during Reverend James Trapp’s sermon given on April 2, 2017 at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. The sermon included stories about people who tried to control their lives based on what they thought they needed and only got the break they desired when they let go of the need to get it.

Have you ever gotten what you wanted when you let go of the need to get it?

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