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Thanks, Kristi. The timing and thoughtfulness of your words are just perfect. I’ll carry them with me on a hike into the Colorado foothills this morning.
Well done, you.
While sipping coffee The Sun rises so brightly On our suffering
First the nightbird sang Then sunlight answered back Daffodils blooming!
tiny buds on branches witness robin’s arrival as daffodils bow
The temple bell stops— but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers
Basho
Drawn because of the imagery and the mingling of the senses: sound from silent flowers. They invite with the call of the sacred, just as the temple bell.
I notice beauty
I experience a familiar, primal joy in the marriage of nature and the divine. Awe.
Thank you, Fabiana. You have added beauty to this day’s dawning.
Pure sweetness. Thanks so much, Kristi.
Tiny seed stirring Veil of all possibility The light of your heart
miguelie
Dude. So nice. Okagesama.
Thank-you, Elaine. Thank goodness for small kingdoms.
Thanks, Carol. Your story is very sweet. I had a similar experience once, only it was the middle of the night and somehow the sparrow had found it’s way into our 1/2 bath. (Think closet.) I had gotten up to go the bathroom when I heard and felt these small wings beating around me. The only light was moonlight through the window. Somehow, I had the presence to use a towel (what was available in the moment?) and cover the little creature. I walked him/her out into the moonlight and releas...
Thanks, Carol. Your story is very sweet. I had a similar experience once, only it was the middle of the night and somehow the sparrow had found it’s way into our 1/2 bath. (Think closet.) I had gotten up to go the bathroom when I heard and felt these small wings beating around me. The only light was moonlight through the window. Somehow, I had the presence to use a towel (what was available in the moment?) and cover the little creature. I walked him/her out into the moonlight and released him into the cool air of my back yard. The whole experience felt like a mysterious blessing, somehow. Had I encountered the little bird in my living room before going to work, I’m sure my reaction would have been more like yours. I think setting and timing sometimes make all the difference in how we react. Your ability to use your experience as a lesson in tenderness and compassion is very inspiring. Peace.
Thank-you for your story, Kristina. “Because you are alive, everything is possible”. – Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn
Beautifully written. It seems true that when we embrace that we “are of the way of aging” that we can begin to experience joy and comfort in the insights of impermanence and inter-being. Thank-you!
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