Every morning is same..same…but different
my eyes fly open..quick to embrace joy
but only in a moment that hurries by
-before the ‘busy-ness’ of Day bustles in
-sweeping me up in its arms
making me forget
that the day itself
began as a miracle
©Vivian Zems
dVerse poets– Quadrille-“Quick”
September 10, 2018 at 8:39 pm
I wonder too… what do we do with those moments… I think it’s buried in news.
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September 10, 2018 at 8:40 pm
Such a stunning and important reminder, Vivian. Each one is indeed a miracle.
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September 10, 2018 at 8:59 pm
Nice!
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September 10, 2018 at 9:00 pm
LOVE this! We do indeed get so engrossed in our to-dos that we forget the miracle of each day. Well said!
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September 10, 2018 at 9:02 pm
When I retired, I retired my to do list. It is sad how folks forget the miracle in the midst of busyness and technology. nice reminder!
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September 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm
I agree with your opening line, Viv! I have my morning routine but can’t miss the miracle in the midst of it all.
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September 10, 2018 at 10:30 pm
The quickness of the day makes us forget the miracle of it being there at all.
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September 10, 2018 at 11:11 pm
I know, we forget how it is really a miracle in the busy-ness of the day.s Thanks for the reminder !!!
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September 10, 2018 at 11:19 pm
This is beautiful! ❤️ Life is no doubt full of miracles as we seek to embrace a new day 🙂
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September 11, 2018 at 12:45 am
In my kitchen, a small slate hung beside the coffee maker with the message “Count Blessings …Choose Happy”, a daily reminder to get my priorities straight before I faced a busy day. Life is slower now, but I still count blessings and choose happy. I loved your words.
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September 11, 2018 at 1:28 am
Oh boy. I have been feeling this way for many mornings. You described it very well in this poem.
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September 14, 2018 at 7:23 am
Thank you 🙏🏾
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September 11, 2018 at 2:04 am
Isn’t it wonderful that you can wake up with joy!
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September 14, 2018 at 7:22 am
It’s exhilarating!
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September 11, 2018 at 2:08 am
by day’s end we DO often forget the day started fresh… if we even take the time to notice!
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September 14, 2018 at 7:22 am
Absolutely!
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September 11, 2018 at 5:23 am
i want to be like that too, quick to embrace joy
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September 12, 2018 at 9:02 am
🙂
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September 11, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Yes, each day a miracle!
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September 11, 2018 at 8:31 pm
Love this! You’ve captured a perennial problem.
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September 12, 2018 at 9:02 am
It’s always the same…but different.. LOL
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September 11, 2018 at 9:57 pm
Nicely written and a reminder not to let the quick business of the mundane rob of of the “quick embrace” of the miracle of a new day.
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September 12, 2018 at 9:01 am
Thank you 🙂
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September 12, 2018 at 2:07 pm
Good morning, Vivian!
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September 14, 2018 at 7:21 am
Good morning!❤️
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September 12, 2018 at 9:55 pm
This is very well done — a lovely reminder of this miracle. 🙂
-HA
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September 14, 2018 at 7:21 am
Thank you 🙏🏾
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September 13, 2018 at 7:01 pm
What a lovely write- sometimes we take those things for granted, but we shouldn’t.
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September 14, 2018 at 7:20 am
Thank you 🙏🏾
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September 14, 2018 at 2:18 pm
😊
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