Daily Signet

One of the greatest mysteries, I believe, is the tremendous capacity for joy that is unleashed in the midst of a time of overwhelming pain. The cup of sorrow seems never to be offered without it. The choice to drink from this cup of sorrow mixed with joy, this cup of life is always ours, even not to choose. A life lived by answers can know happiness but only one lived in the mystery, it seems, can know joy.

Teri H. Martin

On This Day…

Ascension Day: Christian remembrance of the Lord Jesus ascension to heaven (40 days after Easter)

Joy Harjo born 1951 in Oklahoma: American Indian poet, musician, artist
Works: Crazy Brave, How We Became Human, She Had Some Horses
Quotes: “I don’t see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn’t need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.” “When I began to listen to poetry, is when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.” “I started writing to save my life.”