Forward

 

No matter which way

 we step from this moment, we step forward

We may step to the right

We may step to the left

We may feel as though we are stepping backwards but it is always forward

That’s the way time works



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One

During my walking meditation today I picked a little blossom and thought, “I will hold this until I forget about it and when it becomes insignificant I will just drop it mindlessly”. But I didn’t drop it for I thought of when you hold me. In that moment the blossom and I were no longer separate; we had a purpose. 

When I reached my meditation spot I thought, "Where does this belong?

In the water…

No, for I did not want to just toss it away.

In the brush…

No, I did not want it to blend in or be lost.

On the edge of the woods were two small hearty yet delicate leaves of a soothing and comforting green. I decided to put the blossom between them on the ground. 

For in this moment, I saw what was once simple and insignificant alone became so meaningful when we became one.

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Gifts

 

Gifts are everywhere. It’s hard to contain them to my meditative walks.

I am not average and ordinary so why do I feel I should act that way.

Accept my gifts with graciousness.

 

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Hole In the Sky

 

“You know where mommy goes to meditate,” I stated.

 

“To the pond,” my three year-old daughter guessed.

 

“Remember when we were looking at that beautiful photograph yesterday of all of those white clouds on a grey day and it had an opening in the center of pure blue.”

 

“Oh now I remember...you go to the hole in the sky.”

 

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