The REAL World

Where is the real world? Is it glistening on the water as the sun’s rays dance across the lake? Is it the shrill song of the indigo bunting urging me on a country walk? Perhaps these are all escapes from the real world. You know, the one that calls us to the messiness of ministering to one another. Or sitting in long meetings only to eek out a crumb of progress, but progress none-the-less.

Maybe the real world is the one we are in this moment. Whether we are experiencing a calming, contemplative sense of expansiveness, or the frenetic pace of saving the world, we are in the midst of the real. Our choice is to notice this instance, this experience, the gift of the this NOW and most importantly, realize the Sacred is present in all of this.

The real is always there, our challenge is to recognize it.

Breathing out life force...

Breathing in our exhale.

Breathing out...Breathing in...

Imminent, Abiding, Love.

Boundless Presence...

Undeserved Forgiveness.

How can I possibly understand the Gift?

How do I share what I cannot comprehend?

Perhaps it is time for the mind to rest...

And surrender to the work of the heart.