Promise #96: There’s always something beautiful at the center

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 There was this bee drinking joy juice and, unknowingly, getting ready to pollinate the world

There was this flower, no bigger than a half-inch, open to the sun

There was this sun in the center of the sky

And there was this star in the center of a flower

Proof positive that there’s something really beautiful in the center of you, too.

Promise #86: Wish more, fret less

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standing on the edge of monday (read: 6:30 am)

wishing the universe could deliver:

five more minutes, a hotter cup of better-tasting coffee, maybe just another Sunday

knowing monday’s uncontrollable suck and blow is just thirty minutes away

it’s a cross between a dyson and a plunger

inhale exhale inhale exhale

the most you can do is sink your soles

a little deeper into the earth

and have faith

even the most delicate roots are fiercely strong

intertwining amongst themselves, rock, debris, anything that’s there

it’s always enough

to keep you firmly grounded

while you let your mind wish its way through five days of hot air

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I’ve been enjoying (like really enjoying)

365 altars at Barefoot Heart and Words Dance as of late.

Go check ‘em out + enjoy.

 

 

Promise #85: Be one with the jury before you’re one with the judge

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Jurors are obligated to consider all the facts, to listen without prejudice, to deliver a verdict beyond the benefit of doubt.

Judges are obligated to make sure all witnesses are heard, welcome credible evidence and interpret the law so that the jury can deliver the verdict beyond the benefit of doubt.

Which is why if you’re faced with the need to judge anything it might be better to jury through all the facts before you grip a gavel and call truth to order.