To Just Be

Loved a post I saw this morning … thanks Emma Zillessen!

My short take on it … parts of it! Enjoy.

TO JUST BE

For me it’s the chance to simply sit on a beach

It requires no thought, little action, no speech

I can listen and breathe and for a time I am free

Knowing that there are those times you just need to be

I hear the water’s energy expend on the shore

Feel the breeze on my skin and need nothing more

Tension slowly subsides and I find my true worth

As a being, a small part of this wondrous planet Earth

Which accepts me completely without demand

I can just be, like a rock, a tree, a handful of sand

And so it is I discover the essential thing I have missed

It’s more than enough just to be, to simply exist

Live your life like a river find your course over time

There will be a way I hear the destination’s sublime

Forget pretensions, bad intentions and expectations you’ll see

That a life is very well lived when you’re prepared to just be

John Mason

6th March 2025