Like a child

“My heart rushes into the garden,

joyfully tasting all the delights.

But reason frowns, disapproving

of the heart's bad manners.”

― Rumi

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A Lord

another hour

another day

another week

how Lord will I approach it?

will I tiptoe into this week

cautiously

like an old man with trifocals

negotiating steps (yes I speak from experience)

will I carefully

arrange my life

ordering my hours and my days?

will I examine

each thought, each action?

or will I roar forward

with the enthusiasm of a young child

who has just discovered

that he/she can walk

and totter wildly

and passionately forward

embracing life fully

wildly

ah yes

I might stumble

even fall

and I may leave at least of touch of disarray

in my wake

I may end up a little smudged

and smeared

but God

I believe that

slightly unruly children

make you smile!

give me the grace

this week

to live life fully

AMEN