In the Moment

There I see a rainbow, I enjoy it just up here, the clouds sullen and drizzling with the sun warming the top as if predicting that I will find a pot of warm stew on the stove.

Consideration

Bless the plate your food is on. Bless the cupboard you put your plates in. Bless the tree your cupboard is made out of: since it is the same spirit that helped give nourishment to the food that you ate before it left.

They follow you to the river. Their feet falling on dry leaves that lay on the hard, cold ground. You hear the crackling leaves only from your heavy foot falls. You’re silently glad you can’t hear the sound their feet are making.