Changing the Questions

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

Photo by Matt Fehrenbacher (my husband)

Jotting from my journal. Day #81 of daily writing/sharing

Changing the Questions

Please, can we change the questions?

Not
am I successful,
am I good, am I enough, 
is she better, is he better? 

But
how open are these eyes, this heart?
Might there be space 
for all of us? Am I kind?

Not
will I get it 
all done?

But 
am I here 
for the buckets full 
of beauty on this blossoming 
spring day?

Not 
how can I 
protect myself? 

But
am I willing
to kick down these weathered walls,
these worn out, archaic ways?

Not
how much do I have?
Am I loved?
What will I get? 

But,
how much can I give?
How can I love bigger, 
brighter, braver?

How much wild wonder am I willing to let in? 

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