‘Hmmm, I don’t know…’
some of the most beautiful words strung together, I think
as this is where
we remain curious
this is where we can seek, where we
can listen and where
we can learn
to begin
again
a brand new day, begins
a brand new
year
this waking
hour
of beginning
again
where we are not so sure of the answers
where we do not propose
to know
no longer the experts, the advocates, the
all informed
instead, we are the questioners, the observers
the pleasantly surprised
the wonderers, the wanderers, the can’t believe my eyes!
What if we take this year
in quiet contemplative steps
and then we meet for tea at a table for two
or for
six
or for …
ten
and we watch the birds, and we look at the sky
take note of who is here
and we tell each other something
about love
What if we care more
about each other, about the world
about each bruise and each
scar
what if we try to be tender
and say something nice
about the flowers
and how lovely it is to meet you
here
in
20
22
what if we mention how wonderful it was
that you were kind
that you cared, that we laughed or
we cried
but at least in some way
that we tried
To remember the words to that song
about love
that somewhere still seems
to be stuck
in our heads
and we think again, how nice it can be to say thank you
and to mean it
precisely because
we may not see this one again, you know
but how fortunate that you were here
to usher it in
and how fortunate
it is
to be here
to begin
once again
at the beginning
again, and again and
again
with love ♥