9.3.15 As the sweltering early September day slowly draws to a close

As the sweltering early September day
slowly draws to a close

And long before the heavy evening dew will approach

We sit and watch as fruited grasses go to seed

Their luminescents dark crimson, shining in the dusk

The ripening of all things surrounding us

As the bold earth does turn
and our day turns into night

 

9.1.15 Sometimes we just get

Sometimes we get what we want. 

Sometimes we get what we need. 
And sometimes we just get what we get.

 

9.1.15 You coming? Because I'm waiting....

9.1.15 Ever ever enough?

You can never have enough 

of what you don't really need.

9.1.15 A small distinctive wind

The neighborhood flock of about 200 Starlings swept overhead this morning 

 as I was sitting out 

the sound of their wings much like a

small distinctive wind.

9.1.15 In the midst of being swept under the momentum of our day

In the midst of being swept under the momentum of our day

 lies our capacity for awareness. 

For being present with the small moments.

 For grieving the disappointments, and finding that tiny bit of ability to relish something good. 

Good feeling builds more good feeling. 

I find if I make time early on to mindfully experience the coming and going of what it's like -

 pain, exhaustion, financial concerns, fewer options than I imagined, 

if I let these come down the stream, fill me with emotion , and then pass on by, 

I find I can better settle in my day and my life, as it is today. 

It's then that I'm grateful, and smile .