Mother God

“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”

― Thomas Merton

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She rocks along the sidewalk

roaring along

smile intact

you would think

this 1.5 year old phenomenon

would remember

the crash just a block back

a tragedy of monumental

proportions

complete with

tears

but no

the past is forgotten

no sense of future danger linger

she just

moves on

impelled by curiosity

embracing the moment

and knowing

that within reach

is a hand

ready to reach down and take hers

On this day

help us to

“to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment,

and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”

O Mother God!