I drank coffee

and read old books

and waited for the year to end.

~Richard Brautigan

what will the wan days bring?

inquiry for today~ and this too belongs…..

how many long nights ahead?

May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame.

May anxiety never linger about you.

May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of soul.

Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.

Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul.

May you experience each day as a sacred gift

woven around the heart of wonder.

~John O’Donohue