July The Third

ON A DAY like today I bless what there is and do not long for things I can not possess.
The garden in the morning, the flowers to admire, the scent of the lilies perfuming the air, the magnolia on the tree -- its rich white velvet petals holding an aroma so sweet I can carry it with me throughout the winter -- all these things are meat and bread to me.
I can bend and weed and walk and gather and I am thankful for the powers my body gives me.
The leaves overhead to shade my brow and plentiful water with which to encourage the flowers to flourish. All these things I bless and am thankful for.

-- By the blog author