Some days it is hard to know where to be….do I wash the floors, respond to e-mail, write the next song, go for a walk, or dash off in my car to be present to someone who is hurting that I love. What to do?
Some days it feels there is a hundred things I could do – and I feel pulled in a million directions. Today I was reminded of this poem that I wrote in a parking lot a year ago. On these days – when I am trying to figure out exactly where to turn, this poem speaks to me. So, it felt time to share….maybe it will speak to you too, in the middle of your full day.
sitting in a parking lot
have some time on my hands
feeling rather tired
want to close my eyes
just need to rest here for a while
be still and breathe
let the open spaces of my heart
come to peace again
I get swept up in the stories
of all the people in my life
I want to know that the love I have to give
is enough
is enough
I need to realign with beauty
I need to realign with grace
and resting in this moment
brings me to that healing space
there is a beauty that surrounds us
there is a grace that moves beyond
all our frailty and weakness
and gives us strength to carry on
when i open up to beauty
when I open up to grace
I can feel a Love that’s greater
that is enough
that is enough
I know my human weakness
I know my brokenness
but I open to this beauty
And I find rest
© 2013 Cathy AJ Hardy
