On This Day

Blessed be the mind that dreamed  the day
The blueprint of your life
Would begin to glow on earth,
Illuminating all the faces and voices
That would arrive to invite
Your soul to growth.

Blessed be those who have loved you
Into becoming who you were meant to be,
Blessed be those who have crossed your life
With dark gifts of hurt and loss
That have helped to school your mind
In the art of disappointment.

On this echoing-day of your birth,
May you open the gift of solitude
In order to receive your soul
Enter the generosity of silence
To hear your hidden heart;
Know the serenity of stillness
To enfolded anew
By the miracle of your being.

For Your Birthday by John Donohue

On this day nothing real special
just my day
another year older
lunch yesterday
lunch today
two daughter's and two granddaughter's
bringing love and smiles
on the big table cards from across
the miles...

Sitting with a book and Miss Callie
by the fire pit
Leaves are falling
My kind of day.....