when you start to feel
you will never be enough
perhaps, there is room
for this moment
to be enough:
enough room to breathe
enough room to think
enough room to laugh
at the most ridiculous, silly thing.
enough room to listen
to something overheard
and contemplate the meaning
and why you think
they chose that word.
enough room to look around
a bustling crowded the room
and dream for other people
what good things they might do:
ten minutes from now,
ten years from now,
imagine the very best for them.
even if they are strangers.
take a simple, mindful moment for them.
even when you feel
you will never be enough
keep your eyes wide open
keep your heart
filled with love,
and whatever is right
and whatever is true
let that be enough
to carry you through
when you start to feel
you will never be enough.
~m.h.n
