photo & poem by Jennifer Bloom
Tapestry
(from Brainstorms)
Our lives are woven together in moments
of chance encounters,
smiles and laughter,
gestures and touches.
Moments so brief,
they seem like nothing.
But moments add up,
and moments have meaning,
just as each stitch
is an integral part
of the whole.
For even if two threads
never cross again,
they will forever be a part
of the same tapestry.
As the world seems to accelerate around me—I slow down; I listen; I notice. I recognize that my attention is sacred. It draws me into the present and reminds me of the meaning to be found in the everyday. Could it be that the purpose of life is to live it, to weave a tapestry filled with ideas and memories, challenges and joy, relationships past, present and future? The moments when lives touch each other add depth and intricacy, a beautiful complexity.
May we honor and savor each of our magnificently unique threads of existence.
With love,
Jennifer