' Gazing with understanding '...

I was sad one day and went for a walk;
I sat in a field.

A rabbit noticed my condition and
came near.

It often does not take more than that to help at times--

to just be close to creatures who
are so full of knowing,
so full of love that they don't chat,

they just gaze with
their marvelous understanding.



~St. John of the Cross