a prayer: may it be not lost

Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost! - Henry James

A leaf turning orange & a child's laughter & the way the sun hits the pavement through the trees early in the morning.

The smell of cinnamon & being held by one you love & the kind of laughter that makes you wonder when it was the last time you laughed as hard.

Your deepest, still lingering heartache & the disappointment you still hold for that dream which has never reached fruition & the man you married compared to the man you fell in love with.

Your mother's death & your child's struggle & the way your heart aches deep and long for no particular reason. 

May all of this be not lost on you.