Centered

Here
I am
sitting still,
while all the time
swinging sattelites
in an intricate dance
around and around
kids are laughing
Sam joins in
I am
here.


What makes being a mother the most important work in the world?
My work is to improve myself--not numbers, outputs, or processes.  The very measure of my success is in the changing of myself from disorder to order, from dark to light, from ignorance to knowledge, from pride to gentle kindness.  I must do this, so that the generations that follow will also be improved.  Each mother is a step forward (or back) for the next generation.  My work is the work of eternity.