Grace

"Grace brings contentment" reads the tag

on my Yogi tea bag this evening.
I do not know what it means exactly,

as I am not sure what to make of grace.

I know that I have spent a great deal of my day

feeling anger and resentment
which have not led to contentment at all,

but I do not know what grace looks like
nor how to attain it, if it is attainable by seeking

or asking, or if it is already here.

Grace is defined with words like:

“sanctification, compassion, seemliness,
elegance, unearned favor,”

further clouding the concept with their mysteries.

One on-line definition begins:

"Grace is a WYSIWYG* 2D plotting tool," and amusingly ends

"some minor functionality may be missing, though."

This makes me smile, and I suddenly better understand grace,
its complexity, its foibles, as from my pocket I draw the slip of paper
from the fortune cookie I had earlier today which reads:
"Keep your expectations reasonable."

~Andrine de la Rocha                       

*WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get

posted 9/29/2010