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Thursday, January 1, 2015

things are really looking up...

A few months ago I woke to a stunning morning sunrise

it was so lovely that I rushed outside in the just dawning light to drink it up

as the vivid reds and oranges started to wisp away

at the last minute I thought about grabbing my batphone

so I could share just a little of my delight with my facebook friendlies

it was such a light and joyous thing to do

that I couldn't help but repeat the action the next week

then - for a short while it became a daily thing...

and no one seemed to mind that the shots

were sometimes grainy, sometimes unremarkable

(least of all me)

my small morning ritual was meditative and restorative:

as I greeted the morning sky

I gave thanks and thoughts for my family and friends...

there is something about skies and clouds and moons and stars

(and stopping for a moment in nature)

that soothes the soul

yes?

Over the last couple of weeks I started to hatch a plan

(you'll notice I use the word 'plan' rather than 'project').

I find traditional meditation totally impossible
(you know the sort I mean : the sitting-in-space-stopping-your-mind-from-thinking type meditation)

Walking, gardening, patting a furry creature, being with nature are my forms of meditation
(ha! I nearly typed 'medication' just then.....).

When things have been tough, I've looked to the sky for comfort.

I've literally looked up

(and then things in my life began to look up).

So this is my plan.

This year

I'm going to look up.

I'm going to look up
and give thanks.

I'm going to look up
and give thanks & reflect for a moment on my family and friends

I'm going to look up
and give thanks & reflect for a moment on my family and friends
& send loving-kindness into the world.

I'm going to look up
and give thanks & reflect for a moment on my family and friends
& send loving-kindness into the world
& then snap a pic of the sky.

I'm going to look up
and give thanks & reflect for a moment on my family and friends
& send loving-kindness into the world
& then snap a pic of the sky & hopefully
(no pressure mind you)

share that moment with you.

here

It might be that all I share a totally unremarkable square of blue

but it will represent a moment I have stopped

to send good wishes to you and yours

(and all the world)

no words

just a piccie shared

the smallest of small gestures is to

look up.

...