Finding Calm in a Fraught Time

                              

Hold on to what is good,
Even if it’s a handful of earth.
Hold onto what you believe,
Even if it’s a tree standing by itself.  
Hold on to what you must do,

Even if it’s a long way from here.

Hold on to your life,

Even if it’s easier to let go.

Hold on to my hand,

Even if someday I’ll be gone
Away from you.                                   

In the frantic lives too many of us in North America lead these days, it’s hard not to feel pushed by modern priorities. But the wisdom of the ancients can still stand us in good stead. We should never forget what the beauty of nature, of a friendship, of a tiny perfect moment in time can bring us. And this prayer reminded me. I’m now breathing more deeply, and slower too. Of course I’ll need to be reminded often. Thus the prayer is now pinned to the cork board that faces my PC.
Here’s wishing you peace and a slower pace, y’all.

(To see more of this nature photography that helped cure a man’s clinical depression, go here: https://www.boredpanda.com/travel-nature-photography-depression-rescue-william-patino/
He writes, in line with the Pueblo prayer above, “Depression had stripped my life of its color but looking through a lens was slowly painting it back. Places and objects I once walked right past were now standing out to me….My life hasn’t been the same since.”)

Author Kay Kendall is passionate about historical mysteries.  She lives in Texas with her Canadian husband, three house rabbits, and spaniel Wills. Visit Kay at her website  http://www.austinstarr.com/   or on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/KayKendallAuthor