A final blessing on my WOTY

I shared the blog post about “My word of the year” with the artist friend who led the class, and she once again demonstrated for me how much more “seeing” an artist does compared to aurally-oriented people like me.

Sarah read the blog post, saw the photo of my randomly placed and freshly painted letters, and this is what she commented:

“It was wonderful to witness your process in creating your board, Bhagavati. Looking at the last photo, I see that RECLAIM spells MIRACLE too!”

Of course, I had looked at that photo a dozen times and not once did the word “miracle” jump out at me!

Bottom line is that I obviously have a 2-for-1, double-whammy of a word thing going on for 2024. I’m not sure whether it’s that I reclaim my miracle, or the miracle is that I reclaim myself. Either way, it’s most definitely an additional blessing.

To be able to SEE!

Oh my! This is a poem I wrote for a class assignment in the seventh grade, eons and eons ago.

Reading it, I realize I really was an optimistic child. The handwriting’s a bit hard to decipher (check out those exclamation marks😂), so I’ve typed it below…

To Be Able to See

What a privilege it is,
To be able to see.
We take it for granted,
But don’t you agree?:
To be able to see all the world,
It’s stupendous!
Each little color!
I say, it’s tremendous!
Why don’t we all take advantage of this…
This wonderful gift we are bestowed with?
Just think of all who are unable to see,
And open your eyes!
Look at land & at sea!
Look at the world,
You won’t be here that long!
Look around & be happy,
Fill your heart with a song!
Be ecstatic!
Erratic!
Go crazy with gladness!
Open your eyes, give way to madness.
Look at flowers & trees
At the birds & the bees.
Fill your heart, fill your soul!
And look! Look some more & some more!
Until you are part of the wonderful world God made for us all.
Look & be happy!
Go ahead have a ball.