Wow! A gorgeous morning! Sun and blue and . . . just wow! A little breeze is stirring, and the temperature is going up and up, will be in the 70s later. This morning the trees are full of tiny birds that I have not seen before and boy are they happy! Just bouncin' around and making cheerful chirps and whistles. One little one has kind of a reddish belly and black on the back but what is striking about it is this white line along the side of its head and over its eye, and it's just chortling and calling and having a terrific time out there. Several tightly woven flocks of small birds have flown past the window, they are so fast! It seems like the whole outside is alive and active in the beauty of this morning. I saw a couple of white butterflies as well, who would have thought to see them so late in the fall?
Sunday blessing, and I am really feeling blessed this morning, so much fun yesterday with all the birthdays! Food, and family, and fun, my idea of heaven!
For Belonging
May you listen to your longing to be free.
May the frames of your belonging be generous
enough for your dreams.
May you arise each day with a voice of blessing
whispering in your heart.
May you find a harmony between your soul and
your life.
May the sanctuary of your soul never become
haunted.
May you know the eternal longing that lives at the
heart of time.
May there be kindness in your gaze when you look
within.
May you never place walls between the light and
yourself.
May you allow the wild beauty of the invisible world
to gather you, mind you, and embrace you in
belonging.
John O'Donohue
With some of my birthday gift certificates, I bought John O'Donohue book To Bless the Space Between Us because I have used his work before and love how he makes blessing accessible to all, to anyone grateful for anything, or yearning, or wanting to ask questions that don't have easy answers. His prayers often go right to the heart of what we fear, and what we need. This prayer has one of my favorite lines, "May there be kindness in your gaze when you look within." Why is that so hard for us? We can look with kindness on everyone else, and we often make a real effort to do it, but when we look within, we are often a lot less than kind? Do we not deserve the kindness we would show to others? If we do not have kindness for ourselves, with all our faults and fears, can we really show sincere kindness to anyone else? And the line about eternal longing also says something to me, we are always going to be longing for something, it's the human condition, and there is no escape for it, but I do believe we can choose what we long for, and that makes all the difference to who we are. This Sunday blessing sure does give me a lot to think about, and as I watch the beauty of the entirely visible world, I would like to invite the invisible world in also, that invisible world of intangibles, like honor, and joy, and gratitude, and love!
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