Grace, unexpected

" grace ... may fall upon

.... us anytime, ....

it has no rules, you see?

Some don't get it, after

rituals, ... vigils: ....

others asleep,

.... it hits suddenly! "

              - Baba Sheikh Farid

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There we are

Working so hard,

Reading holy books

Praying

Participating in rituals

And

Frankly

We don’t feel a thing

Ok, self righteous perhaps

But for the most part it is business as usually

There we are trying so hard

Going to places of great beauty

Mountain tops

Deep forests

Beaching painted with gold at the sun set

Oh its nice

But grace does not strike

There we are

Its just an ordinary day

The sun came up

The chores were done

We went to work

Then in the most mundane of moments

Grace falls

in some ordinary moment we know

Sacred is there

We are loved

It will be

OK