Little Nudges

I had two lovely bits of correspondence yesterday. One was from a lady who is ninety-seven years old. She'd heard from a mutual friend that I've been feeling blue. Here's what she wrote to me, in her elegant old-fashioned penmanship:

"This is the time for you to write. Your talent is enjoyed by all of us....and even though Miranda is far away, think how fortunate you are to have such a beautiful, happy child who loves you dearly!"

That was humbling. I'm keeping it here at my desk.The other was an email from Dan, my poet friend, that included this wonderful quote from Rilke: “Work of the eyes is done, now go and do heart work on all the images imprisoned within you…”You never know what words or contact or little nudge will save you.And sometimes it's just the sky or the canyon wren.