What if you decided to stop?
Just for a minute.
Maybe two.
To put down your phone, switch off the news and look at something besides your screen.
What if you decided to stop and just pay attention?
Not to all the noise and chatter and panic and stupidity swirling all around us – blocking out any sense of peace or hope or sanity.
But what if you decided to stop and pay attention to that still, small voice you know is still alive somewhere, buried deep inside your gut.
That muted, ancient whisper that chews inside your belly
Begging you to listen
To wake up
To realize you’re here
That you exist
To remind you that hope and love and joy and peace are realities that don’t depend on what is happening on the outside
To touch that place where love and laughter and longing hold each other up
To remind you that life is real, right now, this moment, right here, right where you are
Whether you’re wallowing in muck, waxing your Mercedes or saying goodbye to someone you’ll never see again.
At least not in this life.
That voice that reminds you that you’re alive.
And while you’re alive there’s still a chance to live.
A chance to give your life away.
A chance to love someone and remind them how amazing they are
And the difference they’re making just by being a part of your life.
What if you decided to stop?
Just for a moment.
To take a deep breath
To smile with your eyes
To drink in light and color and shapes and movement
Dancing to rhythms played by the wind and dust and stars swirling overhead
Invisible for now
But not forever.
For the day will come
And sooner than we think
When silence will sing the songs
That lull us back to sleep
And stillness, like a blanket, will lie heavy while we dream
But not today.
Today we can stop
Today we can open our eyes and our ears and our hearts and our spirits
Today we can love
Today we can decide to live
To be alive
To share our voice
Our words
Our presence
Today we can live
Today we can love.
Today.
If we just decide to stop.
And maybe then to start.
A new breath
A new beginning
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