I wish I knew this twenty years ago (but maybe now will do)

I can’t make anyone do anything

and there’s no reason to want to.

I can’t determine someone else’s quality

or what their proper course in life might be.

My best engagement is to watch in awe

and then join in,

my rhythm and my melody in harmony

with what another’s life is singing.

My best course is

to feel how life moves in me

and how it deftly guides my action,

and to be at one

with that bright, liquid essence

that always finds its perfect place.

This is the way I’ll give the blessing

I most need to give;

this is how I’ll find my promised grace.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 2, 2013