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This Day


This Day

Holy, holy, holy,
This is the day that You have made.
Why can I not rejoice and be glad in it?
I bemoan my lot
While surrounded by a plethora of possibilities.
My mind goes blank
In the face of all these choices.
They feel like burdens,
Weighing me down with “to-dos.”
How rude to whine in the face of abundance.
Multiplicity devolves into boredom.
Please, save me from myself.
Setting me free from these ”shoulds” and “to-dos.”
May I trust your gentle prodding
So that the next step is mindfully taken.


Dea Gratias.

This Mystic Musing
Comes to You From Catherine

About Catherine Coates

Catherine Coates is the author of the books, Longing for Intimacy: Glimmers of Hope, and Like as a Hart: Poems to Quench Longing. She has also published a set of inspirational cards, Musings on Grace.

Her next book will be considerations of Jewish/Christian theological tenets which arose in her after spending time in a Christian cult.

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