A Noticeable Life

Let us notice the world 

around us ~ the world of tables and sidewalks holding our daily lives and a path for our feet. 

Let us notice ~

birdhouses in a tree or a cloud that looks like a butterfly. 

To notice these mundane things is seeing the world as we each see it. 

To notice the stretch of our muscles, 

the feeling of ironed clothes against our skin 

to notice these feelings that are not spoken of 

tells us that we are alive and willing to care for ourselves.

To notice the red flesh of a grapefruit bursting with juice 

reaching our tastebuds before the juice dribbles down our chins. 

Let us notice when the tea has grown cold 

but is still delicious. 

Let us notice the slant of light that 

changes with the seasons from bright to dark to bright,

slowly changing shadow shapes on walls and spring puddles, 

the hint of green as buds make shy with the sun. 

Let us notice the little wiggle that eases discomfort

while we settle into a chair that is kind to body and soul. 

Let us notice all these things and more 

in a daily turn of a moment

know we are alive.

“Above all, I wish to see.”

~ Donna Goddard, Circles of Separation

Inspired by writings of Shelley Leedhall: Let Us