Living

Living
What am I waiting for...
why am I holding my breath...
for what am I in such a hurry?
Relax.
Slow down.
Enjoy.
Enjoy the moment.
Enjoy the day.
Enjoy the ones I'm with.
Live.
Content to be in this moment,
with these people,
with these circumstances.
Breathe.
Breathe deeply and freely.
Smile.
Smile on the outside.
Smile on the inside.
Feel.
Jesus looking down on me.
Smiling with me.
Is there anything better than to be happy
in this moment in time?

This poem began to appear in my thoughts as I lay in bed with my 4 year old daughter. So tired from the day. I had no pen or paper handy so I repeated it over and over hoping to embed it in my memory. I dared not get up and awake her. This morning I labored over it to remember the exact words. I had the feeling because these thoughts have been working in my heart over the last while, changing me. So here it is. I feel like I just had another baby. But then I am a writer and that is how a writer feels.