Gratitude

Thank you for this day--

a wet, green, flowing day

that has only just begun.

Let me not waste it

with busywork and worry.

Both bear unpalatable fruits.

Instead, help me to see

what there is to see;

to listen for the sound

of Your voice in stillness

and with a calm mind.

The garden, at this moment

and in this light,

should be proof enough that 

You are speaking to me,

and I reply with due 

humility and reverence,

thank you for this day.

--Sydney Eddison

[Photo of Tsali and Riley enjoying spring sunshine.]