choosing to hush

Be intentional about your time 

and try to set some aside to write and create 

at the same time every day.  

I suggest the morning, 

when you and the day are both new again.  

Contemplate, focus, deliberate - 

take your time and make it sacred again.

Dave Harrity - Making Manifest

even in sleep

my mind can find ways

to rush, race, circling thoughts

revisiting the past day

building visions

of what is to come

to slow myself is contrary 

to our modern natures

but each morning I can choose

to hush

into the new day

finding the holy

and mercies fresh

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,

    his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

    great is thy faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23 RSV

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