Fiinding Joy

“Keep on knocking
'til the joy inside
opens a window
look to see who's there”

Rumi

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It is morning Lord

a not so lazy Saturday

full of chores, and trips to the "big city"

to shop

and

oh yes, the crisis phone

 

It is morning Lord

and with my morning coffee

come morning thoughts

 

sip coffee

engage mind

engage mind and ...?

 

Ah there is the rub God

 

it is the mind that gets me into trouble

for my mind has some bad habits

it worries about the future

a lot

it ruminates over past failures

a lot

 

it churns and clanks

and takes me on journeys

deep into dark places

 

someone once said

pray before you think

 

turn to the sacred space

before you let your mind take you

into the places

from which the sacred has been banished

(other wise they wouldn't exist)

 

this day Lord

I pray

that you will get my attention

 

that you will come knocking

I know I know, you told me to knock

 

but you do such an amazing job

of knocking, knocking, knocking

until

the joy inside

decides

to come out

and 

play