All I Have Needed

Faithfulness.

Doing this thing.

Every day; check.

Some days, I begin my day at work and the day ends before I know it. Some days, I go for a walk or start cleaning or enter a conversation where I lose all track of time and get lost in the moment. Some mornings, I sit down to write and my mind is locked in and the words just fly. Today was not one of those days.

I filled a page of my hand-written with notes and thoughts from my reading. I filled a type-written journal page with my noticings and wonderings. But when I sat back to read what I had written, there wasn’t much there. Nothing remarkable. Just a bunch of words. And I smiled.

Then, at the bottom of my journal page, I wrote, “Remember: Some days, like today, commitment, faithfulness, and discipline are enough.”

This morning, I remembered. Memento mori. Memento vivere. I remembered why I’m here doing this thing. I’m here, trying to sort out my thoughts and share what learned. I remembered that my signature strengths are gratitude, spirituality, and love of learning. And I am grateful for this moment where I’m learning and living. I’m here, mind, body, and spirit, doing this thing I love. There is no need for me to be profound. I only need to be here with my ass in this chair. I only need to be here offering grace, peace, forgiveness, hope, love, joy, and encouragement to myself so I can offer these gifts to my neighbors later. This is what I’m doing. I’ve made a commitment to show up every day; check. I am faithful to this thing that brings me joy, purpose, meaning, direction, and a next step every day; check. I’ve been disciplined so that it doesn’t matter if I have bad or good days of writing. It matters that I am here doing the work every day; check.

I am grateful for this morning of doing this thing I do. Today, may I remember: Great is the faithfulness. Great is thy faithfulness. Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed, thy hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. This is all I have needed, and this is more than enough.