Fall Reflection on Blessings

[Sparky]

The air is crisp and clear
As the sun slowly rises.
I witness the breaking of a new day.
I check on my basket of blessings
As if examining a bumper crop of gathered apples
And find it full; Some small, some large, but
All perfectly formed and Heaven sent.
My heart gives thanks.
I turn on the morning news
And hear stories of the shriveled
Falling leaves of other's lives
And realize the value of the bounty
In my basket of blessings.
Feeling helpless, I pray for a short winter
And the returning of brand new leaves to
The trees that have been left bare,
And examine the blessings in my basket
For ones that I can share.
Blessings are like the magic soup pot
That refills itself.
When blessings are shared with pure intent
More blessings flow in to replace them.
Love grows as you work "hand in hand" With God.


by Barbara Aldrich