Pause

• Find a place to rest now. Sit.
• Close your eyes – yes, things will be fine.
• Breathe. Let go, for a moment,
• of worry. Don’t worry: he’ll be waiting
• for you when you open your eyes.
• For now release. Sink in. Breathe again.
• Feel the cold beneath your feet.
• Feel the hug of the rising sun.
• Notice how something as thin as grass
• can hold the weight of the world.
• Notice how something as light as air
• can carry the dramas of civilization.
• Watch your thoughts come and go like clouds.
• Let time slow down. Let space be space.
• And breathe again.
• Listen to the silence.
• Listen to the sound of your beating heart.
• Hear the rhythms of existence ebb and flow
• erratically between your life and this life.
• Open your eyes when you’re ready
• and let worry in
• like an old friend.