NaPoWriMo: Day 18
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Words: mistake, reason, breathe, maybe, turning, glued
Zen of Maybe
Maybe
this constant
turning to find
something new or exciting
is a mistake, not a reason.
Maybe
gluing self,
fixating on idea
that happiness is necessary,
is simply a mirage of mind.
Maybe
learning to
just breathe in
this present moment might
be enough to bring satisfaction.
Maybe
then, we
could slow down,
learn how to live
with purpose and true meaning.
And maybe then, we would finally be happy.
Elizabeth Crawford 4/18/16
Notes: Image is a photograph I took at my favorite park. She’s an egret maybe searching for nurture, maybe just breathing. I thoroughly enjoy remembering our encounter, both of us just breathing in the moment, and I believe she actually posed for me.
Soul's Music 
She’s definitely posing, Elizabeth. You can tell by the way she’s looking over!
Slowing down always seems to bring in an answer of some kind!
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That is such a beautiful and amazing photo…she must have been cooperating, to get such a perfect shot……….I am cogitating on much the same line of thought these days…..just breathing in the present – because, thank God, we still HAVE one. LOL. Have been very busy, Elizabeth, but at my desk all day tomorrow, we’ll catch up,. Grandkids are clamouring for me of late. In April! Gah!
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Love this, Elizabeth…….!!! I think I need to read these words daily. I like the use of “maybe” at the first line of each stanza. It really works well.
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