Necessary

I am facing some decisions, things I do not wish to approach hastily.  The question of what is necessary looms large.  These are not huge decisions, but I know they carry weight, more than the weight of the looming kitchen backsplash decision.  Thank you to my friend*s reflection on St. Francis (thank you, Matt) http://intotheexpectation.blogspot.com/2011/10/if-necessary-use-words.html
I was given a leaping off place for today.  A blessing.

Preach the Gospel.

If necessary                                                      U

Use words.

You will notice I did not title this:

Preaching

Or

Gospel

Or even

Words.

St. Francis may have said this,

Then again,

Maybe not.

Necessity is the mother

Of invention:

An aphorism

Of unknown origin,

Sometimes ascribed

To Plato,

Then again,

Maybe not.

I hit another crossroads this week.

What is needful,

Remains unclear.

So I wait.

I would like a line-up

Of great saints and philosophers,

Wise sayings.

I am not in a pulpit

These days.

Instead

These are my words.

If necessary

Others may read them

Or not.

These days I have the lady in red

Who feeds the ducks.

These days

I have a sharp shinned hawk

Twenty feet from my window.

He dismembers a small bird,

Maybe a mouse

In full view.

These days the sun

Speaks to me

Necessarily.

St. Francis or Plato or even

Some unknown source

Calls.

I look for the Good News

In it all.

I seek

The necessary.