The Wisdom of the Deer and Your True Self

Poetry has a wonderful way to draw out of us our true self before God.  Read the following poem slowly, prayerfully. Listen to what God might be saying to you today about His will for you. The Wisdom of the Deer …a deer standing before me shamelessly   telling me by his presence   through his very manner of being there what I did   was   all I could do  what I did  was truly  all I could do.  the deer didn’t move  for what seemed like the longest time  kept standing there  unflinching  regal  as if the fallen leaves  adorning his great hall      were lush earthen carpet  and I had been grated a brief audience  with a nobility  whose lineage was pure and undefiled  and then I understood  the wisdom of the deer  the secret to my own dignity  all I have ever been  is all I will ever need  I must look back  And respectfully awaken the hero of my person journey  the whole story  imperfections and all  is where the treasure resides  no need to be in the future     out there     in the next big thing I already have one thing      a communion with my self.        -Kent Osborne, When Widsom Come What phrase, line most speaks to you today?  Why is it so challenging for you, for us, to live out the wisdom of the deer?