Here I Stand

Here I stand, in the moment, in the now.

Calm. Centred. At peace.

But, I wasn't always "here".

I wasn't always present.

I wasn't always so chill.

My centredness truly evolved.

It took intention and focus, and a great deal of me-fine-tuning-my-own-self-awareness.

I had to learn what it meant to be present, to be in the moment, to live in the moment.

To attune deeply to my here and now.

To know my now.

And "here" is a beautiful place.

"Here and now" is even more beautiful.

Present, focused, aware, contented, complete.

"Here I stand" is an utterance of self .... of self in time and in place.

"Here I stand" is awareness, affirmation, conviction, and knowing,

all wrapped up in a pretty package of presence.

Here. Now. Me. One.

Thanks be to God, Amen.

Interconnected

Isn't it Holy, Divine, Sacred,

to witness the mystery and the wonder

of all parts of the whole ....

of all interconnectedness ....

and to simply let them be .... mystery?

Open our hearts to the wonder and to the mystery

of all that links us together ....

of all that connects us to You ....

of all that connects us in life,

and in love, and in Light. Amen.

Thin Place

In the space, in the place, that is thin,

rests a Presence, an energy, a nuance of the Eternal, the Sacred.

In the rocky heights of the hillocks,

in the thunderous waves on the shorelines,

in the silence of the ruins near the toppled crosses ....

in these places there is a divide, which does not divide.

There is a space which is undefined.

A space which defies all measure, all time.

Luminous. Luminscent. Translucent. Transcendent.

Step into the thinness, step through to the Light.

Reach out with faith, with trust, with love and delight.

The Sacred will meet you, greet you, and complete you.

Thin will be be where it needs to be.

Ever-ready, ever-present, ever-real.

Let your heart seek the thin place.

Let your love be the thin place,

that you may live and love, and be, with your God.

Amen.