a sunday short: trying to show up

if it’s even possible; is it possible?

Here. Where I am. But is it really?

at times I find myself
overwhelmed
by the abundance in the world.
by the abundance that is this world. 

beauty and gifts are all around me,
every moment a possibility to feel 
grateful.

and yet it’s my choice.

it is there in the morning songs of birds
and the green, still silence of my trees.
it is there in the sky no matter its blueness
or its cloudness—it’s there regardless. 
it is there in the landscape of this place—
the one natural and the one i just created myself
out of soil, and mulch, and stone. 
and sweat. 

it is there in the greeting of a friend,
and everyone is a friend when you greet them with 
a smile. 
so, smile. 
it is there in laughter,
and even sometimes tears. 

it is present when i am present;
i should be present more.
it’s on me when i don’t notice.

does abundance still exist when it goes unnoticed?
does beauty?
does kindness?
does love?

yes. 
we need to believe they do.
that they all do.

each new day the world offers to us
its possibility.

the completion of its realization
is us showing up for it. 

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~ k