Just like anybody else, i end up in the dark sometimes. i get lost. i know all of the "stuff" - the tools - for staying in the light; i even give the occasional speech about how important it is to meditate, take care of yourself, live without judgement and expectation, etc etc etc. and yet, i get lost. and amazingly sometimes i don't even KNOW that i'm in the weeds. things just don't feel right and i just keep blundering along until a friend comes along and knocks me back on course. like those bumpers on the bowling lane. and yet what really amuses me is that after i've been saved from my own confusion and i look at the big picture i realize that all of it, every single moment of it: the drowning in the muck as well as the liberation into the sun, has been exactly as it is meant to be. it is this illumination that leaves me grinning like a fool and yes, shaking my head in delighted amusement.
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you
are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite
possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing,
dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.
(Saint Theresa's prayer)
