Empty Boxes

With handmade paper

In patterns folded carefully

into nested boxes

Just to hold

To hold the gift of no-thing

To hold the air of a deep breath

To create the space to quiet the cluttered mind of worry

To accept the squeeze of a long hug, then the release

To become a body of empty radiance

May I open this empty box with excitement&gratitude as a daily ritual

as a reminder of the most meaningful gift—

The one always everywhere in the nowhere🌀

The Love swirling unseen

The Spirit of joy no matter the circumstances

The awareness that all that I am is already more than enough

The Truth that my love is freely given pouring, seeping into all hearts that need my love

That Life’s present is ever my presence before God, before the sea,

Before you,

Listening, quietly underneath all the trees

If I could give everyone just one gift to unwrap—

to feel in the body you are already more than enough, already deeply loved just as you are