"...yes, it has..."

Yes, it has

Walking and seeing the blue sky
Recalling and remembering God's blessings. Over the years
we have seen many unfold
Branching like the limbs of a tree against that blue, sea blue sky
Rustling leaves quicken the memory
And how the wind stirs and 

Yes, it has piled the “harvest at our feet”

Yes, it has been good,
Note after written note in the good book I see
As one measure of God’s goodness to me
The scan, the appointment, tests, promotions, responsibilities, Valleys crossed, 
yes, it has been good
yes, it has hills high,
yet meadows green and worth it all

You see the colorful pictures on the wall, the family vacations, marriages, 

those who live, have lived
and we have lost
great lives that have shaped and formed us,
Love to know a hundred things more
Fascinating, “filing cabinets” packed full
Their lives so beautiful, impactful, bits and pieces our own

Interpreters, love letters on hearts of the kindest script

“Look up, Behold,”
“Things are not as they seem…there is more.”1
Visions are limited,
Misinterpretation and distorted view
Blind at times to Beauty,
Windows
washed both sides to see
Different views we fail to see
Both limited and inadequate, happiness shrinks 

“How many Thanksgivings do we have left?” a question to ask

Memorable, scarce events, help us to use our lives wisely
living each day as if it were the last.”2

“But what if we let these opinions go? Not putting ours on top

Let's try…. things simply are. Not good or bad.
Not colored with opinion or judgment. Just are.”3

Yes, it has

been good, and worth it all

Yes, it has, Glimpse poetry by Joe Holuta

About this poem: Yes It Has is a poem about life and family; our ancestors, and how we’ve learned humility and gratitude and growth in thinking the most generous interpretation of family members differences, and what they go through and how we have a limited vision to see clearly. Each of our lives are a file cabinet with different drawers and folders, and if we could dive deeply into each would see such a glorious recollection of all that our lives have been and so full. I was speaking with my son-in-law Lawrence while walking in the woods  after hearing good news, and  I said God is good and life has been good and he said “yes it has” and that phrase was a glimpse of this goodness and emotion at the time. - Joe Holuta

1. Revelation 4: 1-2 John Joseph Powell, Fully Human, Fully Alive: A New Life through a New Vision (Niles, Illinois: Argus       Communications, 1976), 10.

2. From Strength to Strength, Finding success, happiness and deep purpose in the second half of life, By Arthur C. Brooks. p. 137

3. Daily Stoic, Opinions Are Like…, April 18th