Will I Stop Short and Fall to the Ground

Life is enormous.
My life alone
Forever linked to all of you
What you do
What you think
We make the world
As simple as that
The effort to wake each morning and say
Yes

Yes to it all
The dirty toilet
Dishes again
Immaturity and Pettiness
Love and Beauty
Bein' Late
Running
Anxious
Toteing the world along
Carry this
Bring that
Do this
Make that

Taking the time for quiet and stillness
Dissappointment
Is insanity
Being at peace with that
The anger, the emotion
Saying yes to it all
Yes, it is.

Parenting one of my many hats
The meditation in that
Living with FIVE distinct, unique
Individuals
With lifetimes of patterns
Making space
In the heart and mind for all to be
Saying Yes
In my heart

Hearing the Dad in the store
Screaming at the kid to
Stop whining
Everything we say and do is about US
When I want to tell the kids to DO something
Verbage
Be still, Quiet
Turn it around
Stop whining
Takes on a different meaning