“Waking
up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to
live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
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O Lord
why are you doing this to me?
I sit here on this Monday morning
listening to the sound of my furnace
yes
you heard me God!
my furnace
running
I look out on a world
not yet lit by the sun
and feel the crisp edge
of the morning air
and I realize that
summer
with its long
and lazy days
is already on the wane
I am not ready for this God
and I am not ready for the weekend to end
I am not ready for this week
which already feels long and overwhelming
but I know
O God
that this week will be
for the most part
what I make it
how I live it
let me walk through it gently God
with eyes
and mind
and heart open
may I live moment by moment
may I live each moment fully
may I
be a calm presence
and touch each person I meet
with
compassion
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Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience - Colossians 3:12
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