lots of despair and doubt again this week. especially yesterday.

in the midst of my longing to forget I had a moment's inspiration:

you spoke.

what you said was, do not despair. just trust and all will be well.

you have said it before but it is some months since I heard it so clearly. 

I was thinking now, as I prepare to say the evening's psalms, (out of the depths)

how the psalms are the only moment in my day when I know that I am saying things which are wholely true.

they ring through me and at times I can hear the world around me resonate in response.

like music - only the analogy seems weak.