in the middle

day by day, slowly and steadily,
we fill up our life -
with joy and with sorrow,
with success and with failure.

day by day, slowly and steadily,
we burrow our way to the middle -
there to be close and comfortable
with our responsibilities.

day by day, slowly and steadily,
we give more than we have -
reach further than we did before,
understand  more than we did before.

it is by following our heart,
we find our soul refilled with love and hope.
celtic cross at lindisfarne
to daughter on her birthday
1ourney.net 5 october 2011