2013

sometimes the best advice is to sit and wait

be still and pray

why rush into something

without giving yourself time

time to think

time to breath

time to be

the new year ushers in an

annual

emotional response

feeling compelled to clean and organize

(isn't that what all the magazines tell us?)

restructure

or at least attempt to restructure

my days

my weeks

the months ahead

so that this will be a more productive year

through resolutions

and a well chosen word to motivate

and guide my steps

along the way

at the same time

looking in the eyes of those I love

so dearly

feeling the bitter sweetness of

passing time

wishing I could hold on tightly and prevent its

momentum forward

filling a new calender

with names and birthdays

flipping through each month with the fear

that the days will fly by

as fast

in a blink

melancholy rests here

teaching

as it does  

that each moment is meant to be lived

to its fullest

looking back

 at what has been

knowing that dance is over

worrying about the future

planning 

if we entertain that folly

for a day that may never come

all we really have is

right now

this moment

this gift

to hold

with all its messy

beautiful

unpredictable

blessed

potential

and

 finding

 peace and calm

for they will come

as they always do

when we

release

and

 be.