I am grateful every now and then…for a little while
when I’m in close enough proximity…so see birds when they smile…
I’ve seen them smile…
as the sit in our bird feeder…
when they just happen by
when they’re perched upon a tree branch singing
and in that brief but wonderful moment just before they fly
Today I’m grateful for understanding my importance in the continuum of life…
my place in the spectrum of happiness and peace…
and knowing no matter how old I grow
my importance will never diminish or cease.
Because every generation inherits a world it did not create…
and to that world must add more love, acceptance and laugher
as that generation become the guardians…the trustees
of the generation…coming after.
I’m not only grateful today
but I’ve been forever pleased
That my dreams have been the source
of so many of my memories
Today I’m grateful that to be on the same page as Elliot Page
and wish more people could see the world through his/their eyes…
“Everyone deserves to feel love” he/they says
“Equally
without shame
and without compromise”
Today I’m grateful for butterflies and luna moths…
how they easily deceive the naked eye….
How when we see them for a moment we believe…
there are flowers that can fly.
Today I’m grateful for understanding the power of silence…
and how in my life it plays an important role…
For even though these words I write often delight my heart and mind…
It’s silence that delights my soul.
Today I’m grateful for the journey I am making
on this spinning orb through hurtling through space…
because as the native nations understood:
Between who I once was
and who I am becoming
is where the dance of life takes place
Today I’m grateful for understanding…
(and I can talk or write about this at length)
that the gentleness of our spirit
will always be…our greatest strength.
Every day when I wake up
I’m grateful for the happiness waking up evokes…
I’m not only grateful that I woke to a new day
but in this political climate…
I am also grateful to be woke.