“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”
– Meister Eckhart
You remember to breath deeply when you read
your friend’s message that she almost died in a car crash.
A driver in the opposite lane looking down at his GPS
turned his car into her lane.
She’s lucky to be alive.
You unclench your jaw.
Drop your shoulders.
You soften into yourself as you
feel the blessing of a pain-free body.
With your husband’s arms around you in the cool breeze
you watch the almost full moon rise over the river.
You remind yourself to go with the flow.
You remind yourself to focus on being
instead of doing.
You remind yourself what matters most.
The quiet moments.
The laughter.
The love.
The full moon carries you beyond
your habitual thoughts of what next.
What next? the moon whispers.
Just this.
And this.
And also that.
