{"id":1729,"date":"2012-01-08T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2012-01-08T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T20:54:20","slug":"letters-from-god-dropped-in-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2012\/01\/08\/letters-from-god-dropped-in-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters from God (dropped in the street)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I confess I know Walt Whitman\u2019s works only by occasional quotes. One, however, has inspired my long agreement. Here it is:<\/p>\n

I find letters from God dropped in the street,<\/strong>
\nand every one is signed by God\u2019s name,<\/strong>
\nAnd I leave them where they are,<\/strong>
\nfor I know that whersoe\u2019er I go<\/strong>
\nOthers will punctually come for ever and ever.
\n<\/strong>\u2013Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, Sec. 48<\/p>\n

What experiences he had that convinced him of this truth, I cannot say. I do like the way he put it. Like a poet would. That\u2019s what poets do: They put the commonplace in uncommon language and we see it again for the first time. Different. New. Better.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like it dilates the eyes and we take in more light.<\/p>\n

But what are these letters? Hints for guidance<\/em>?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s something that we care about quite a lot. What to do? Which direction to take? How to get there? And where, exactly, are we going anyway? Mysteriously, the solution is very often very near to the problem. At least the next step is. In most cases, it\u2019s the question that needs clarifying. Then the answer will appear. And it can appear in the most mundane places. (If there is anything mundane in our universe.)<\/p>\n

Or was he referring to\u00a0provision,<\/em>\u00a0that which comes when we need it? There’s a truth in that, too. But no, Whitman was always poor, and it\u2019s unlikely he would have said, “And I leave them right where they are.”<\/p>\n

Maybe it was just evidence<\/em>. Evidence itself refreshes our souls . . . evidence that there is a divine hand, guided by a divine eye, and a divine hint-leaver that lets the observant know that s\/he’s not alone.<\/p>\n

Another said it more plainly. “Ask, seek, and knock; the rest will happen.” Believe it.<\/p>\n

And, if the problem is belief<\/em>, then start with that. The rest will come.<\/p>\n

Punctually, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n

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Next: More on guidance . . . and the GPS, coming Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here’s one on the unexpected evidences that we’re never alone. Yet they’re to be expected, and that’s the whole point. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}