Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.                                                                               

                                                                                                     St. Francis of Assisi

You see that I am a very little soul who can offer to God only very little things.

                                                                                                    St. Theresa of Lisieux

A necessary little thing

     to sit still in the quiet morning

          content AND aware 

typically an elusive combination

     To be truly here

          with the dripping of the rain from the eves

          not longing for the might of the storm

     To acknowledge the list waiting in the other room

          and to let that be there while I am here

          tending to another Voice.

So push me back in this chair and lift my face to yours

     poignantly aware of this moment

     and content to let it be.