now is the time

Now is the time to free the heart,

Let all intentions and worries stop,

Free the joy inside the self,

Awaken to the wonder of your life.

Open your eyes and see the friends

Whose hearts recognize your face as kin,

Those whose kindness watchful and near,

Encourages you to live everything here.

See the gifts the years have given,

Things your effort could never earn,

The health to enjoy who you want to be

And the mind to mirror mystery.

~ John O'Donohue

from To Bless the Space Between Us

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness

 when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. . . .

 Such people not only liberate themselves;

 they fill those they meet with a free mind. 

~  Philo