The Greeting

The Greeting (optional)

You have been traveling.

I can see it in your eyes –

the unknown roads demanding new belief.

The light of your will in submission

to the pattern bringing us together.

I have been busy waiting,

putting fresh flowers on the table,

filling the lamps with kerosene,

arranging (as well as I could)

everything, so that you might feel

that you have arrived

at the right place

at the right time.

Hello

I am so glad that you could come.

And in honor of our being here together

Let us make a scratch on the wall of the cave.

We could talk.

We could begin with idle chatter.

I’ll start

I’ll say, “welcome to this circle”.

-James Haba