Showing Up

It sounds so simple,

and yet it is the task

with which we struggle

throughout our lifetime.

Some days, the best we can muster

is a paper-thin facsimile,

completely incapable of knowing

or being known, even by those

we've seen and loved for years.

The greatest tool for increasing

our present-ability to others

is found in prayer's tool belt.

Showing up to listen

to the voice speaking without words,

resting in the silence of presence,

nourishes heart and ears,

opens us to the gift of response-ability,

grounding body, mind, and spirit

in the only place that matters:

the holy here and now.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins