{"id":211629,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/211629-this-is-the-time-to-be-slow-by-john-o-donohue","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/211629","headline":"\"This Is the Time to Be Slow\" || by John O’Donohue","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the time to be slow\u003cbr\u003eLie low to the wall\u003cbr\u003eUntil the bitter weather passes\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTry, as best you can, not to let\u003cbr\u003eThe wire brush of doubt\u003cbr\u003eScrape from your heart\u003cbr\u003eAll sense of yourself\u003cbr\u003eAnd your hesitant light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you remain generous,\u003cbr\u003eTime will come good;\u003cbr\u003eAnd you will find your feet\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgain on fresh pastures of promise,\u003cbr\u003eWhere the air will be kind\u003cbr\u003eAnd blushed with beginning.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.johnodonohue.com/\"\u003eJohn O’Donohue\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"This is the time to be slowLie low to the wallUntil the bitter weather passesTry, as best you can, not to letThe wire brush of doubtScrape from your heartAll sense of yourselfAnd your hesitant light.If you remain generous,Time will come good;And you will find your feetAgain on fresh pastures of promise,Where the air will be kindAnd blushed with beginning.John O’DonohueTo Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings","published_at":"2026-07-02T20:21:51-07:00","updated_at":"2026-07-02T20:21:51-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Between the Lines on Kudos 365. View their photo published Jul/02/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/d976c02b-f213-434a-a3f9-0cdf4d834194-ireland-2701524_1920r.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":5,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/211629-this-is-the-time-to-be-slow-by-john-o-donohue","headline":"\"This Is the Time to Be Slow\" || by John O’Donohue","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/d976c02b-f213-434a-a3f9-0cdf4d834194-ireland-2701524_1920r.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-07-02T20:21:51-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":5}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}