Sometimes you just know too much -
or so you think!
But, perhaps that is old knowing -
perhaps there is new knowing.

And so, you search for the new -
you find the experts,
you listen, you learn, you grow,
and in new knowing you find hope.

New knowing does not negate
your old knowing;
it builds on it - 
so never settle for the old knowing,
for the fearful, for the hopeless -
search out the new knowing,
find the growing,
hope-filled future! 

Joyce Alexander, 10/21/20

I have today
I have the morning,
I have the sunlight
slanting through the trees,
backlighting the Spanish moss,
highlighting the feathers
on a white bird beside the water.

I have today
I have dew on the green grass,
a woodpecker on a tree
his red cockade nodding.
I have the crunch of sand
beneath my feet
the ache of muscles
and sheen of sweat as I walk.

I have today,
worrying about tomorrow
will rob me of this day,
and will not change a thing.
I have today,
this morning, this moment.
I thank God for this day.
Amen.

Joyce Alexander, 10/14/20