After canceling everything on my calendar this weekend (between a teacher work week and our first week with students….yes, eye twitching and back-to-school dreams are real), I revisited a poem and a SoulCollage® card I created on The Grandeur of God: Living Life with Wonder and Awe retreat. I gave myself permission to hunker down, pull back from social activities, and center myself in silence and solitude for my 27th year of teaching.
I love this poem from a book called Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets.
“Majestic” (Celebrating Maya Angelou)
Rise into the wonder of daybreak. Be a rainbow in the cloud. Be a free bird on the back of the night wind. Shine on, honey! Walk with joy in your golden feet over crystal seas and purpled mountains. Know your beauty is a thunder your precious heart unsalable. Be brave, Like a new seed bursting with extraordinary promise. Shine on, honey! Know you are phenomenal. --Kwame Alexander
“I am one who” reflection:
I am one who is surrounded by beauty and love. I am one who finds beauty in nature and all that glitters. I am on a journey of peace, serenity, and wholeness. On this journey, I can offer what is special about me to others; but when needed, I can hold my gifts close and tight. I am one who must never forget to take time to pause; I can take moments for peace, serenity, and beauty that ultimately, is the guide to the Christ-center, the sole/soul purpose of my life.
It is only after taking time to pause, that I am able to celebrate “the wonder of daybreak.”
I will be phenomenal after a weekend of rest.