There is grace around us all; we just have to open the door to receive it. It comes in many ways and to each of us, it is a unique experience. Stay tuned to the whisperings of your heart and you will hear it calling you to spread your wings and soar.

“Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” John Updike

Haiku: Clearing Space For Grace – Crocus; Early spring blooms

Soon, the rains will come
Bringing Crocus to our doors
Harbingers of Spring

On Monday, we will start a two-week journey on the path of poetry. You may join in and share your poetic pieces with the group. I’m starting early to get my feet wet. I hope you will join in and share your insights. As it turned out, our first assignment is on water… Awesome! I had this idea of writing about the snow and the cleansing that will come when spring returns. It was percolating in my head before I knew the assignment. Totally cool. I’m glad I had cleansing as a focal point.
Assignment 1: Your prompt: water>
Form: haiku
Device: simile
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“Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.” Sarah Ban Breathnach

Harbingers of change
When Spring showers do return
To cleanse space for grace

From snow, spring comes home to stay. There is grace around us all; when we open our hearts and doors to receive it, miracles happen. The fears and limited expectations we hold for ourselves fall away, and all that is left … is Grace!

This post was inspired by WP Writing 201: Poetry There will be ten assignments published daily between February 16-27 (weekends are off). Each assignment includes three optional elements: a word prompt, a poetic form, and a poetic device. Join In! It starts on Monday, Feb 16th

Positive Motivation Tip: Stay open to the calling of grace in your life. You never know when it will come… always available

Ugh girl, I’m over it and we didn’t even get as much as you did. God please send Spring. Right now it’s windy with flurries again. We decided to skip shoveling our driveway. It’s a waste of time. Every time you try more snow falls. I have a steep driveway and the delivery guy said it’s safer to leave the snow on it. At least you have some support when going down it. We did the steps and parts of it iced over. so I’m done. This too shall pass! 🙂

I love the opening quote. Traveling brings some element of happiness to me (quite a bit actually) so the first few words made me start, but of course he’s 100% correct just the same. Happiness isn’t found outwardly, it’s just experienced that way from time to time. True happiness and peace is def. an internal matter. 🙂

Lovely haiku about snow, but I do not have any happy, warm and fuzzy feelings about our current weather situation. It is freezing in Upstate New York, and we have mountains (literally) of snow everywhere. It almost makes me feel claustrophobic.