While sitting on the porch this afternoon, I had a visit from the resident hummingbird and found myself pulled into the stillness of the present to bear witness to life. While it is all too easy to try to take over life in our hurry to live it, sometimes it is worthwhile to allow it to take over us. If even for just a few moments.
Sometimes it is enough
to watch the circle of life
and listen to the rise and fall of its notes
How the sky screams the hawk’s warning
before a spirit lifts from the body of a chipmunk
to rejoin the infinite expanse
Hidden in the green, the house cat
skulks as though it were in Africa
The dimensions of size and place lost
to the memories of cells
In the stillness of the moment
tense is erased by the rhythm
of the breath’s own steady rise and fall
inviting the heart to find
the harmony of the dance
Lovely, Alethea… Sharing.
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Thank you, Bette. I appreciate it ❤
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Gorgeous, Alethea. My hummingbird still watches over my home… and is the closest I will get to meeting one. xx
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Thank you, Sue. You never know… I’m determined to get the two of you out here someday. 🙂 ❤
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I’d love to…one day. xx
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Thank you for sharing, Sue ❤
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Just beautiful,Alethea. I was there, breathing the same air as you. xx
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Thank you, Joyce. I love that you were ❤
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Such a restful piece 💜
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I’m glad you found it to be ❤
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I certainly did 💜
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