Winter Morning Walk

I open my heart to this day:
To the beauty of blue and the deep eternity of sky,
To the crunch of frosted ground
And the kiss of morning sun.
I breathe in this day with all being
And find myself blessed in beholding.

Open Wide to Wonder

Instead of meeting my life with regret
I can welcome the lessons learned.
Regret says I don't deserve happiness.
How does that serve anyone?

Instead of seeing my life as lacking
Withe the fault lying in my choices
I can see my life as full of experience
That can guide my way.

Wishing it wasn't that way
Obscures the path forward
Finding the truth in this day
Makes way for the new.

Do I want to judge or journey?
With the one, life will be stuck in my comparisons
With the other, life will open wide to wonder.

Already Cluttered

How is it that I enter the New Year already cluttered?
Piles on my desk and in my psyche
Lists of "to do's" and "some day I'll get to that's"
Follow me into the next year, hindering the new of "resolutions".

In our ritual claiming of potential
As we resolve to change or grow or become more
Let us find a way to coach more than judge.

If, for example, we want to lose weight
Let us resolve to love our body more
If we want to spend more time with family
Let us resolve to cherish the moments we already have.

Do we really need to clutter our being with new and better ways of living?
Or do we simply need to pause and recall the good that lies within,
So buried in our judgment, so lost in our perfectionism.

What does this new year bring?
The opportunity to love, to cherish, to wonder, to engage
The details will unfold into a life well lived.