Poems – Page 80 – Generous Wisdom

Small Successes

Today I hugged my husband
for longer than sixty seconds.

Today I practiced yoga
before the babies woke up.

Today my first response was patience
instead of frustration.

Today I accepted help from a friend
who drove across town to supply a missing ingredient for soup.

Now –
for tomorrow!

I am so focused on loving
the people in my home through service
(cooking, cleaning, compromising)
that I forget to let those darling people
love me.

It is time
to be accessible,
to lie on the floor,
to be within reach,
to slow down,
to sit and play.

It is time to be lovable.

We wash our children’s feet, and they wash ours.
On Good Friday everyone wants to do it again.