“I have lost the consolation of faith/ though not the ambition to worship”

“I have lost the consolation of faith/ though not the ambition to worship”

“Forrest Gander: "Maybe the best we can do is try to leave ourselves unprotected. To keep brushing off habits, how we see things and what we expect, as they crust around us. Brushing the green flies of the usual off the tablecloth. To pay attention.”