No Small Thing

Frenzied,

manic,

flitting from this

to that-

seemingly with ease.

 

Struggling,

praying,

giving it all

for others to please.

 

Minding my own business

as I try to survive

in a cold world that hardly notices me

until I try to say hello-

swat!

 

Whew. Another close call.

 

Kindred spirits, all are we

if we open eyes and hearts to see,

this circle of life, a magical ring

where we share this moment-

no small thing!

 

CherylKP copyright 2017

 

As so often happens when I am viewing life through the camera lens, nature shows up, longing to be recognized. This fly kept landing on my husband’s hand until I snapped its picture. Then it left. There truly are no ‘small things’.

I have recently had a very heartbreaking friendship loss and tried to understand its purpose. The best I can do is hope that the things I did for good are not forgotten and whatever ‘sin’ I committed is someday revealed to me and forgiven. But I must forgive myself for somehow failing this person and remember my own heart knows no enemies. I just found this quote by the Buddha today and love it.

 

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. 

Buddha