Good morning…
For many people, today is a day off. In local school districts, it is fall break. For others, it is the Canadian Thanksgiving. For still others, today is called “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
“Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures,” explains Wikipedia. “It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. It began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.”
Opposites rest together on this day, which reminds me of a poem I shared with my classes and my spiritual direction clients last week.
On this multi-faceted holiday, may we sense the gift of exhaustion.
Nap.
Notice.
Name our fear and name our delight.
“Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At the harvest time I will tell the workers this: First, gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn” (Matthew 13:30, ERV).
For once, there is no question both weeds and wheat, both black and white, both fear and delight belong, nestled in our soul.
…Sue…
P.S. Photo by Dan Lazar on Unsplash.
