Happy when Amazon.com doesn’t faze me
Happy shutting up
Happy patiently watering the impatiens
Happy to be Joanie’s Feldenkrais student
Happy to enjoy I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss
Happy listening to Carol Wright tell some tall tales
Happy to hold Lindsay’s hand for 40 seconds
Happy realizing breathing is the most awesome treasure imaginable
Happy to sit in silence Friday mornings with Chris, Brandon, Cami, Nebu
Happy getting Penny’s poems in the mail
Happy sitting on the front porch, nowhere to go, no one to text
Happy to tell all my beloveds Markel’s secret
Happier living out Markel’s secret
Happy trusting the Dharma
Happy to hear Lucy Hedges laugh out loud
Happy to regard Ron’s cover design for Dear Layla
Happy as I grasp that happiness is that Elvis song: “It’s Now or Never”
Happy that Madalyn will soon give birth to a Buddha child
Happy that I live in the same city as Fatima
Happy understanding I have so far to go
Happy Cristina is now tight with M. Oliver
Happy to know the word anaphora
Happy to remember Maharajji’s counsel to Ram Dass, “You are to fear nothing”
Happy to encourage countless beings in their writing journeys
Happy so many people share their non-economic wealth
Happy to walk with Emma anytime
Happy now to hear Chris sound the bell
— written in summer Metta Writing Class, Magnolia Place
