Choosing To Live

When morning dawns alight with the sun.
Darken as each orbit’s turning is done.
Seeing what is, rejoice with what is.

In daylight’s brightness, choose to live.
In hours of darkness, accept what life gives.
Choosing to choose, join force with what is.

When there is loss, honor the grief.
When there is gain, joyously receive.
Empty or full, breathe in what is.

In white water, fear once came.
In green meadows, there peace reigned.
In churning and peace, embody what is.

When filled with longing, cherish the quest.
Whenever sated, let the mind rest.
In loss or in gain, retain touch with what is.

Meet light and darkness with eyes that see.
Greet tears and laughter with ears that hear.
Open your heart to all that is.

Whomever you meet, choose to know.
Whatever you encounter, seek to grow.
Whatever you strive for, begin with what is.

Where life will take us, we cannot know.
Wherever life takes us, let us choose to go.
In this one moment all that there is.