July 02, 2023 – A

"Grace" is another term for "good luck,"
"good fortune."

We all are graced by the minute,
by the second.

Everything is a coincidence,
an accident of time and place.

Every photograph is a miracle,
that we should be there, then, 
with a camera is always amazing.

What were the chances?
Who could have planned it?
Things just work out that way.

Every day is crammed with experiences
of benevolence and grace,
of place and timing.

The more aware of it we become,
the more stunned by it we are.
Who can believe it?

Yet, here is the real stunner:
We all take it for granted,
to the point where we don't see it,
where we give it no mind!

We walk through wonder,
marvels, miracles every day,
unseeing because we take it for granted!

Start paying attention to the coincedences
in a day!

To the encounters with grace and good fortune!

You will soon come to the conclusion 
that grace is the foundation of our lives.
We could not live without it!
And we do not have to!
It is everywhere all the time,
just like the air we breathe.
We are buoyed up by grace,
like corks on the water,
like leaves in the wind!

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