I am privileged to sit with and counsel people. Often I catch myself saying things I need to hear myself. I find myself convicted. I want you to do one thing this week, I say. One thing. Often my client says: Only one? There is a list of things. I say: It all begins with one thing. Do that one and let*s see about the rest next week. When the client leaves I think One thing. Only one thing. I*ll see about the rest tomorrow.
I catch myself
Counseling
Exactly what I need to hear
Except
It seems the person
I sit with
Needs to hear it too,
Except perhaps
From someone else.
I catch myself
Consulting someone else I trust,
To hear what I need to hear.
I listen to birds
As they sing from tree to tree
Especially this morning
With every door and window
Open.
I know there is more
To their singing,
More nuance
Than I will ever catch.
Still
I catch
What I can.
Still
I catch
What I may.
