Lightness – 

like the fragile, transparent wings of a butterfly – 

enters into the place

that once housed unworthiness

and beams the depths of it 

clean,

fresh,

sparkling new.

There is space now

to receive 

love

and

grace

and 

nourishing rains of faith – 

so much so 

that it can do nothing

but give it all away. 

*With gratitude for the journal entry: "Allow Yourself to Be Fully Received," by Henri Nouwen in The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom