The To-Do list

Even when the to-do list grows faster than the done list.

Even when there’s no way to do it all.

Even when my best still doesn’t feel like enough.

Even then, I can breathe deep.

Pause. Rest.

Let the undone stay undone.

Let grace be the measure.

I am not the sum of checkmarks.

I am beloved.

Even when the tasks remain unfinished.

Tonight, as I shake my head at the not-dones,

I’ll breathe deep and love wide…

Deep enough and wide enough to hold even me.

Even on this kind of day.