I am still learning how to live

I am still learning how to live

I live still learning how to live
into the empty spaces,
to sit within them quietly
rather than fill them quickly
just to keep anxiety and guilt
at bay.

I am still learning how to breathe,
to exhale
fear,
and fear,
and fear,
to inhale
acceptance,
then peace.

I am still learning how to let go
of the impossible knot
I am trying to untangle,
to embrace instead
every sign of the divine
in and around.

I am still learning how to walk
into my day thus filled,
and to return to the emptiness
often.

I am still learning,
over and over,
every single day,
how to live.

 

By Maria Brady-Smith

Photo by Mike Smith

8 thoughts on “I am still learning how to live

    1. Thank you, Susan. It was really cool to listen to Patty talk about what you had done for her. That was amazing!!! I am so proud of you.

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