I see so many people
counting the cost.
But beauty does not take a backward step,
a departing bow.
I think instead
if we take up a chair,
pull alongside,
beauty serves us,
washes our feet,
pours out wine,
anoints our hair
with oil.
I see so many people
measuring griefs.
But beauty does not read charts
or statistics –
just attends.
Attends to each as though
we had all the time
in the world,
all the reason for believing,
for continuing.
Sitting there smiling at us
through tears.
Ana Lisa de Jong
Living Tree Poetry
April 2020
A Poem: Attention
Living Tree Poetry 
Beauty-full, Lisa… Thank you, as always, for offering an oasis in my day.
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Thank you lovely Vonda. I am always behind in posting poetry on my website, but it seems to arrive to people at the right time. Blessings to you x
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‘The Tao is not so mysterious
when the stomach is empty
To follow the Great Way means
to find something to eat’
– Tao Te Ching
the slow beauty of attention, is the experience of its deep infusion in the Tao
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Thank you, those are beautiful words Ananda.
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