The most unopened gift

This morning I received

An amazing gift

 

It was wrapped in softness

In transparent rays of light

I opened the gift with my heart

And enjoyed the peace inside

 

The gift of peace

Silence, comfort, grace, and ease

 

I resisted the habit of reaching for my phone

Of reading news about the wars and fights

 

I just enjoyed the gift of wonderful peace

With a grateful heart and soul

 

Thanks, dear Creator, dear universe

Every morning this gift seems to be delivered

 

But how often I failed to notice it

Or saw it and left it unwrapped

 

Or stepped on it and destroyed it

With negative thoughts

 

With focus on imperfection

With petty stresses and useless worries

 

With reading the crazy messages

About falling stocks and greed

 

I pray, my God, that much more often, 

No, every morn, I see and open

this wonderful present,

PEACE.