The Maze...
FEBRUARY 5, 2007
All the bricks,
that I laid down
over the past eight years...
are up and out of the earth
in just four days...
These canyons, crevices to the underworld,
if walked, or ventured into...
would be a maze,
a path never leading the explorer to the centre,
but in an endless maze of switch backs and dead ends...
It reminds me of the words spelled out in the landscape,
one of the clues from
C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia,
the fourth book,
_The Silver Chair_...
oh for a Marsh-wiggle like Puddlegum...
to lead the way...
that I laid down
over the past eight years...
are up and out of the earth
in just four days...
These canyons, crevices to the underworld,
if walked, or ventured into...
would be a maze,
a path never leading the explorer to the centre,
but in an endless maze of switch backs and dead ends...
It reminds me of the words spelled out in the landscape,
one of the clues from
C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia,
the fourth book,
_The Silver Chair_...
oh for a Marsh-wiggle like Puddlegum...
to lead the way...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!