Monday, March 3, 2008

Dearest God,

I walked into the kitchen as the night was turning to day. I saw the orange pink light reflected upon my neighbor's white fence. I felt invited to enter the new day unfolding. So, in my night clothes I stepped out onto the patio. Because I had on socks but no shoes I leaned over the edge of the patio to see the peeking sun's head rising. Soft, billowy clouds layered in the sky, showing their pink edges. I gazed into the beauty of yet another new day.

I breathed in the air of spring. Sure it may snow tonight, but I smelled spring inching its way to the surface. I looked down and saw all the debris from fall and winter and realized the sound of spring beneath it. I know the cycle promised will soon take hold.

I try as much as I can to live in the now, the today I am given. I try to live in the present moment acknowledging that this moment is already full of my attention. If I am too focused on the tomorrow, I will miss the today. I know it to be true. Two minutes after walking back inside, the color was gone. Had I been thinking of tomorrow, I would have missed the beauty present before me today.

A moment
of spectacular beauty
came
as a gift
this morning.
And I received it.
A glimpse,
a glimmer
of the Divine.
I watched
and waited
for the sound
of your coming.
Just then
the bells chimed.

Loving you, Andrea