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Potential

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Potential

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe,
for potential—
a door ajar,
a hint of what I can’t see.
What is there?

Blessed are You
for potential
to give and receive,
comfort and be comforted,
see and be seen—
relational miracles.

Blessed are You
for creative energy
to birth poems and essays,
make spring rolls and peanut sauce,
weave laughter through dinner and bedtime.

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe, for this—
Potential means I don’t know.
Not knowing means I’m not in control.
Not controlling means I’m free to love.
And love makes even the impossible possible.
Potential.

Green fruit has potential to become ripe.
Ripe fruit is potent with flavor and satisfaction.
Empty things have potential to be filled with anything—even dust and spiders.
Full things contain possibilities for all kinds of creation.
Best of all, potential is NOT something I can DO.

Evolution of Joy

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Evolution of Joy

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe,
for happiness, unexpected.
I feel buoyant, excited even.
How did this happen?

For more than twenty-five years
I thought my life
was a job well done.
For ten more years
I served my life
as a sentence.
Today? Life is
an invitation.
Blessed are You, Lord,
for this evolution.

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe,
for inviting me
to a preexisting fullness
and a predetermined wealth,
the pleasure of being me.

Imagine it—joy,
not because I earned it,
but rather,
here it is in front of me—
the sky at dawn,
fleece leggings and slippers,
London fog to warm my hands and belly,
Phiona-cat’s antics,
pomegranates divided into bumpy wedges,
JJ Heller Christmas songs,
the smell of gingerbread in the oven.
Blessed are You, Lord,
for this revolution.