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Chris La Tray's avatar

This is wonderful. In Anishinaabe culture, we say to live an Anishinaabe life is to make every footstep a prayer. When I teach my poetry workshops, I speak of that, then describe how poetry, and its commitment to attention, means that living a poet's life is to make every footstep a poem. Which is really the same thing, isn't it? Regardless, it all boils down to attention.

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Heidi Barr's avatar

Every footstep a poem (and to me, every poem is sort of like a prayer..) - I love that. It does indeed all boil down to attention. Thanks for sharing this, chris!

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Deborah Potter's avatar

Pray without ceasing. All roads and traditions ultimately converge don’t they? Since the spirit of life is the same.

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Chris La Tray's avatar

One hopes so.

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Deborah Potter's avatar

So lovely. What a perfect invocation for every day. It may be the only thing I feel certainty about--that God's nature has to be wild and the nature of prayer our noticing of it. Thank you, Heidi!

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Heidi Barr's avatar

Deborah, your post this morning and the words "holy lift" inspired me to post!

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