Tag: Unfolding

The Gift Within the Gift of Me.

“Wrapped within young leaves; the sound of water.”

Written by Japanese poet,
Sōseki Natsume, it is by far my favorite passage. For within all things, there is a continuous unfolding; an offering placed and a blessing shared.

This delicate balance holds the hope of new beginnings; a tree born of light, rising from the soils below. In nature, we find representations throughout all beings and things. Even the moon at a distance of several hundred thousand miles, will cast her hint through the delicate drawing of tide.

Within young leaves, the sound of water resounds…begging the blossom’s faith and courage.

As humans, we are fixated on these bindings of form. Hand is hand, and nothing more. Though, in doing so, we often miss…

The gift within the gift that soon becomes ‘me’.

In peace, my loves…

Namaste ❤

A Heart Opened to Grace.

An old friend came to visit me once many years ago. He’d always been such a pillar of strength – centered, calm and seemingly self-assured. But on this day, his eyes – once warm – appeared vacant, at best.

“She left with the kids,” he said. “I came home from work and everything was gone.”

It was as if the life he had always known – the comfort and pace of his daily routine – had been suddenly displaced. And, now he felt lost.

The routine of our lives is a comfortable friend; we sleep, we wake – we greet each day never without the peace of its endurance.

And when that routine is broken, we feel the overwhelming vastness of its void. We fear our capacity to venture through ‘alone’. In time, we may question our very purpose and reason.

But he is never alone who opens his heart to grace; for that which seems lost is a new hope venturing inward.

In peace…

Namaste ❤️