Seeking Thankfulness

I have been learning to take more walks;

I take pictures along the way.

Stepping into the edges of flowerbeds

and big flower pots,

favoured by apartment buildings.

This is a view from nearby to my apartment building.

I believe it is these bells I hear at 4 pm;

they ring beautifully.

I wish, however, that Church Bells

would ring in the times and the days.

However, I am thankful for where I live

and for what I can receive in these moments, in this summer.

Things progress slowly,

or what feels slowly. But things are progressing.

I feel like this is a summer of healing for me.

This past year was full of challenges -

breaking my foot last summer

and a difficult job experience.

I am beginning to see more of the good

in this past year however,

and in my life.

God is so merciful to us;

my spiritual father continues to tell us,

again and again in Church,

of how gentle God is.

How spiritual healing comes from God when we are open to it.

I pray that we may live in God's mercy

and be thankful in God's goodness

and gentleness.