Labor Day Weekend

Today is the start of the Labor Day Weekend when we honor work in all its forms (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.) This year we have all put in a lot of Labor. So this is a good time to take a breath and allow the nutrients of that practice to be absorbed (as Adriene always says during yoga with Adriene). 

While my job situation has now changed and I am now "working" as a freelance writer this poem I wrote back in Sept 2014 still is relevant today as so many of us face complicated work situations because of COVID. No matter what you labor situation is know the labor you do is seen.

NOTE: In honor of Labor Day I will not write a blog post on Monday. I will see you all on Wed instead.

A Labor Day Poem: What gets me up in the morning 

(Friom Sept 2014)

I never thought of Labor day

As an emotion filled Holiday

But for us who are without work

Sometimes all we feel are the sling and arrows

Of discouragement and disappointment

I often struggle in the articulating what I am passionate about

But I realize despite this my life is indeed filled with passion

I am Passionate about the Fundamentals

The Fundamentals of Life 

Love and Story and Beauty and Joy

In all their many forms

And you asked what gets me up in the morning

There are so many answers

An ever changing Kaleidoscope

And I thank the heavens for that truth

I get up in the morning for People

For Friends who stand quietly by my side

For Historical Figures and Famous Individuals whom I shall never meet in person

For Characters who I will always know better than myself and will always know me in return

I get up in the morning for Places

For HC*, and Chicago, and the TARDIS

These will always be my sister, mother, child

Always be my friends forever 

I get up in the morning for Things

For Music, and Books, and Films

For Dancing and Walking and Dreaming

For all the Millions of Magical Moments which Touch my Soul

So while I can not tell you

In this moment of time

My Work, My Vocation, My Job

And while there will always be moments 

I forget the bright stars shining within me

Day by Day I will place one foot in front of the other

On and On and On until forever

And give life and time 

The space it needs to inspire

*2020 Edit this would now say Lighthouse Church UCC