Stepping Stones: Give Me Vitality!

Health? Hah!
Turn mine up.
Give me vitality.

Let me always remember,
My wholeness is greater
Than the sum of my parts.
My wholeness is the Whole.

Life lives in me.
Life lives as me.
Let me bloom, flourish, abound.

Life-force abides and expresses
Right where I am
Second by second
Until I decide to move on.

Let my energy thrill
Those I pass on the street.
Let it comfort and inspire
Those who share my space.

Let my Light
Illuminate the divine
In loved ones
And strangers.

Let needed ideas
That find me
Move me
And find fruition
Through my hands and labors.

Let my heart’s rhythm
Beat dance music
For happy feet everywhere.

Let me inhale deeply of Love
Possibilities
And forgiveness.

Let me exhale yesterday
And the yesterdays before.

Let me be more than resilient.
Let me be always new.

Health?
It’s simply not enough.
Give me vitality.

— Tekla A. Syers resides in Chicago as a student and teacher of metaphysics; smitten grandmother; dabbler in culinary arts; semi-retired fund development and nonprofit management consultant; and a craftswoman. She enjoys music and art in myriad forms and makes time to observe and reflect on why folks and things are as they are.