Mindful Mondays

Flourishing

1 Jan

In December 2025, we asked poet Molly Ovenden to write a poem for our Monday Mindfulness group…

A patchwork welcome
A seamless together
A sharing warmth
No matter the weather.

Hello to calm trees
Who wave in the breeze.
Hello to tears
Who give voice to the fears.

Goodbye to loneliness!
Say hello to the mushrooms
Who grow in surprise and secret.
Hello to noticing the earthy beauty,
Slowing to share in community.

A wraparound presence
A tattered friendship
Worn in love, unanxious,
A new kind of Monday family.

Hello to kindness
Who holds space for growth.
Hello to patience
Who smiles on our screens.

Goodbye to darkness!
Say hello to the midday light
Who shines in gratitude,
Adopting the season’s change:
Sewing the details of peace
And breathing mindfully
Across the ages…
Oh for the blanket,
Reflecting on the threads
Which we’ve woven together.

So patient.
So thoughtful.
So mindful each Monday.