I would like to live

I would like to live

Like a river flows,

Carried by the surprise

Of its own unfolding

                John O’Donohue, conamara blues, p.23

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I think

I think too much

stumbling through life

regretting the past

and worrying about the future

never seeing the ground beneath my feet

perhaps there is a time

for living not thinking

simply feeling the ground beneath one’s feet

smelling the pines on a warm autumn afternoon

feeling the crisp air against one’s face

perhaps there is a time

for soaking up warmth of the sun

and hospitality of Sacred Love

a time to feel the lightness of being

to laugh and hope

to skip and twirl and dance

child of grace