Too often
Grace rambles
Unnoticed
Through my days
Until I pause
To brush the leafy edges
Of a bush
Or notice that
The air is cool in my throat
Or see a cloud unfold
Across the blue
When an ordinary corner of life
Catches on my senses
And peels back
The wonder of today
I rush to gratefulness
Or it rushes to me
It helps me see abundance
Here
And here
And here.
More than enough
To overflow
My soul.
it’s not the turning of a clock
but the turning of my heart
that makes for a new year
some days are just one more
of the days that went before
until I stop to notice
so, this year
is less about resolutions to break
and more about attention and appreciation
the nice thing about this frame
is that as soon as I remember my intention
it’s already accomplished
What a delight
to face the new year
without anticipated guilt
I’m smiling when write ’19’
[photo by jesuscm_Huawei P20 series per cc 2.0]
Quiet Hope 