By Jeff Giese, Diamond Approach student in the Upper Midwest Group 1 group
We talked a handful of times
But to the point
There was a steady hand that backed him—no doubt many steady hands before
He was in complete existence
In the best of circumstances
This is what can be hoped for—seldom does it occur
These other hands over time all helping with the shaping, some closer, some farther away,
some from other times, all taking a hand in matters
Each hand shaping a different element
The small fingerprints of these many hands each leaving a mark
Some of love, some of hate
Some of brilliance, some of dullness
Some living in the past
Some living in the future
Some living now!
Some forlorn and hopeless, some exuberant
Some of expansion, some of depression
Some loud, some of silence
Some shallow, some deep
Some lost, some found
Some dour, some happy
Some that are jokers, some very serious
Many with love and wisdom
Even those hands before unknowledgeable will in some way serve
All experience regarded
In time the shape of things becomes clear
The great order of how things are and are not
For that one that has been affected by other steady hands, and been formed correctly,
that one will effortlessly apply just the right type and amount of force in action
Then the great hand swings through unexpectedly from no time—yet leaving the reverberations of his abiding
echoing through those that are yet.