Friend

you've been given a blank check,
a blank canvas,
how much is the world worth?


price it,
literally


how much would you have to pay
for all these trees,
mountains,
sky
airplanes
people
apples
lakes
rivers
grass
bears
music?


how much would you pay
for the gift of seeing!
hearing
tasting
smelling?


and you cry "not enough!"
what blindness is this!


not enough
not enough


you pay nothing!
everything is given freely.


how much gratitude?
for even one thing...


thank you, car...
thank you, bike....sidewalk...wind...
thank you, computer...
friend,
friend,
friend...


and I get to do what I do...
I get to facilitate,
to witness,
to sing,
to dance,
to play,
to just be,
to experience gratitude


grace,
everything
given