Biju (WC)

(Wendy Cabell, January 24, 2022, feast day of Our Lady of Damascus (modern miracle here, "Do not be frightened. I am with you. Open the doors..." ), of Our Lady of Tears, of Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Xenia ("stranger") of Rome, Saint Xenia of St. Petersburg, and Blessed Paula Gambara Costa. Tomorrow is the Conversion of Paul the Apostle. Jewish calendar today remembers Rebbetzin Chaya Mushkah Schneerson (1901-1988). Image from here.)

Biju

(for Our Lady of Damascus, on Her feast day)

Be (v.):..from Proto-Germanic *biju- 

"I am, I will be."--etymonline.com

I am spent–-I will be worried. So I am shifting to I am kind.  

I am kind, I will be hopeful. 

I am hopeful, I will be looking. 

I am looking, I will be surprised. 

I am surprised, I will hold gifts.

I hold gifts, I will unwrap.

I unwrap, I will ponder.

I ponder, I will understand a bit.

I understand a bit, I will have a tool.

I have a tool, my hands now they’ve something to hold-- with something to hold I will not be worried.

*Biju also means victory in Bengali, and jewel in French as bijou.

**From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology of “be”. From Lisa Freedman's BreatheReadWrite, January 24, 2022.