Claim this moment.
And the next one.
And the next.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell
(Cellphone photo of Lake Samish sunrise. See the reflection of the moon? Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)
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“This Moment I Lived and Breathed and Loved and Was.”
This moment you’re living and breathing,
loving and wondering and being.
Take note of this.
Mark it on your calendar with a grateful kiss.
“This moment I lived and breathed and loved and was.”
Because.
I could.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell
Right Here; Right Now
I had this moment of clarity today –
everything stilled within me
and I realized
I didn’t have to be
anywhere else
or be doing
anything else
or be
anyone else
or wait for
any other time –
I had everything I needed
to be happy
right there,
right then,
in that moment.
Whoah.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell.
But I’m Alive Right Now
But I’m alive right now – in this moment.
And what am I doing with this moment?
I’m going to take this moment to send out love.
There.
Did you feel it?
-Karen Molenaar Terrell
“Fed by Thy love divine we live,
for Love alone is life…”
-Mary Baker Eddy
New Again
Every moment we start fresh.
That one. Right there. See?
We’re new again!
(Photo of Mount Baker by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)
Present Magic
Driving to work this morning –
lost in my thoughts
anticipating traffic, trials, and trouble
chewing on my worries and fears
enclosed in my own gray bubble –
when suddenly a cosmic moment –
the music in my CD soared up
and brought me with it
in the exact instant when a flock
of trumpeter swans winged
over me, their wings beating in time
to the music – and the clouds
diffused pink light, bursting through
my ruminations and waking me
from my trance to the present magic
going on all around me, always.
– Karen Molenaar Terrell
“One moment of divine consciousness, or the spiritual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretaste of eternity.”
– Mary Baker Eddy
Sunrise on the way to work. October 2, 2017. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.
Another Moment to Love
Another moment of life –
another moment to love.
A Simple and Unremarkable Perfection
It is a miracle of perfection.
I am warm and fed and I can hear
my loved one tapping the keys on his laptop
and clearing his throat
near me
I have chamomile tea with cream and a chunk of
sourdough bread and the wind is moving
the rain-splattered screen on the window
and making the lights behind it look like they’re dancing
I feel no pain or fear
I know I’m completely safe
and I imagine coming through some terrible danger
and finding myself in this room
and what a miracle that would seem to be
and how much I’d appreciate the simple unremarkable
perfection of it
and I am filled with gratitude
– Karen Molenaar Terrell
Look for it…
Reminder to self: Look for it.
A Perfect Moment
Yup. I had one of those today. 🙂
photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell
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