"This Is the Time to Be Slow", by John O'Donohue

Thanks to my friend Brynna for sharing this poem with me.

This Is the Time to Be Slow

by John O’Donohue

This is the time to be slow

Lie low to the wall

Until the bitter weather passes

Try, as best you can, not to let

The wire brush of doubt

Scrape from your heart

All sense of yourself

And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,

Time will come good;

And you will find your feet

Again on fresh pastures of promise,

Where the air will be kind

And blushed with beginning.

From the book To Bless the Space Between Us A Book of Blessings

More about John O'Donohue (Wikipedia)

Pescadero Marsh, California. November 2025

Read more poems by John O'Donohue:

For The Interim Time

To Learn From Animal Being 

For Belonging 

A Morning Offering 

Beannacht 

For Solitude 

For Loneliness

For Presence

I would Love to Live...

For The Traveler

For The Artist At the Start Of the Day

For Courage

John O'Donohue Web Page https://www.johnodonohue.com/

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