The sun is only just creeping up to the horizon and a strong
breeze blows outside my window. To hear
the wind rustling the leaves in the giant Sycamore tree outside my window with
a warm cup of coffee in hand is just one of those moments I am truly grateful
for. To have a moment of stillness in
the cool and dark, wind chimes making beautiful music, it seems as if I’ve left
all of the cares of my world behind.
The days are so warm still and yet the nights begin to cool
a bit. I love the changing time – those
moments when Summer begins to move gently into Autumn. All the remnants of those childhood memories and feelings of excitement
for the new school year, Fall activities, Halloween, Thanksgiving – I can feel
them just around the corner and it makes me smile. I’m more than grown up now but I still hold
within me that child-like wonder for all those moments I’ve lived up until now
during this beautiful time of year.
In meditation this morning I felt a great peace unlike
anything I’ve felt in months. It feels
almost as if I’ve been running and running some made race to get to some unknown place and only now have reached the top of
the latest hill climbed. I’ve slowed my
pace now in this moment and am really just very much enjoying the view – this
moment – this now. Another strong gust
of sea air blows in through the open window and I feel so calm and peaceful still. This song of the morning has been so
beautiful and so very sweet. It is a calm
reverence that washes over me as I sit here in silence embracing the fullness of a collection of very simple moments spent
ever so present.
These moments are rare in a very busy life but something
within me wishes to slow down now in every respect and appreciate all of the
moments with a deeper reverence and even more gratitude. What ever this is – a call from my soul maybe
– I’m stopping and I’m listening. I do
not wish to spend the rest of my days in a blur of activity without tasting
each precious moment of life. It is so
fragile, so fleeting and I do no longer wish to take even one second for
granted. I don’t know what that means
for my every day-work-a-day life. Maybe
it is that I just allow this gentle shift within to take over – to take hold
and breathe more. Maybe i learn better what it means to openly take what comes just
as it is with ever deepening gratitude just for the gift of presence.
The light comes now and with it gentle gray skies. Wind rustles the leaves a bit more loudly now and I can
see the bright pink blooms of the Crape Myrtle tree that also thankfully lives
right outside my window. Such contrast exists
in the vibrant pink blooms against the newly lit gray sky. It is really beautiful. I’m going to savor this day, every moment of
it. I think I may go to the park this
morning for a nice walk in the coolness before the sun chases away the more
temperate air. I don’t want to miss
another moment of this life and wish instead to gain greater appreciation every
day for everything for the rest of my life. It is a fine goal - this...appreciation and gratitude. These things deepen the calm and peace within the soul. That is what I need most just now. I treasure this moment as I do all others and I hope to carry the undertones of this as the symphony of life plays on. I wish you all a steady stream of beautiful moments - the kind that lets you know gratitude always.
© 2016 Jaie Hart (photo/words)
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