Feeling One as I sit among the trees

A gorgeous day

to sit with the trees

bathe ourselves in the beauty of

fresh air, warm sun, crisp bright colors,

and deep inner peace.

Letting ourselves feel the oneness

of all we are and all we hope to be.

All around me is beauty,

the frightful tension of

my “shoulds” and  “oughts”

disappeared

and in its place nothing but

here and now

alive, warm, and holding me in stillness.

The blueness of the sky,

the sound of flowing water

flowers showing me their face

in the most surprising space.

I look up and remember the night sky

knowing there is a vastness of otherness above,

before and within me is one

I sit, feeling whole and healed and wonder:

“why don’t I do this more often?”

and the answer within

is frightful and hard for me to even acknowledge.

 “I’m just too busy”, I say

and another voice deeper within says:

“or are you just too afraid you’ll lose control

as a simple thread in this web of life?”

As I walk inside,

I feel the trees look, but they say nothing,

The stale air of my office welcomes me

and a silent whimper in my heart

makes me feel cold and cracked like ice.

I look out the window and promise my heart:

“tomorrow we’ll go and sit with them again.”

(Julia Keegan, OSF)