Dear Friends,
After a couple adventures, I’ve returned to the land of lost socks and gardening decisions.
I return home with a heart stretched open, to hold the reality of the world I am living in. Gratitude has arrived and She is shining her light all around me. My heart and I say yes, we will participate in the journey of a soul-full life. The invitation is too precious….
The socks and garden pots speak, I slow down. This is my life and, in this moment, I am experiencing it as a blessing:
an active awareness of “the More”
a kiss of the Divine
a Deepening that calls us home.
Some folks place “blessing” in a religious realm, but for me, there’s more. John O’Donohue is quoted in this wonderful article saying, “Blessing is a more robust and grounded presence.” I am so grateful to have socks and a place to lose them! In the morning light, the garden awakens – each petal smiles hello, vines join me in the expanse of this new day, and I listen. Blessings appear, arrive, descend, are…
I return to you, dear friends. My spirit settles down and listens for the oriole’s call and the mourning dove’s coo. The heron’s prehistoric form rises into the sky and the squirrels continue their dance. My heart responds to the dawn of this new day and says, yes, I will embrace the life before me and, at the same time, I will pray for the concerns of the world. I cannot turn away from weeping brothers and sisters in Afghanistan, startling fires and consequent destruction in California, global political discussions rooted in fear and the need for power. How do I cope? I respond to the challenges in my little life with love. I get honest, grieve losses as changes happen and, ultimately, grow. I respond to the call of love we all are hearing, and I keep going.
I’m on the lookout for blessings and the morning light is a place to start, besides thinking of each of you, of course.
peace, Lisa
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