Chill Out

It's so easy to get caught up in the rush of everyday stuff isn't it? How many moments have been lost, never to be relived, as a result of being in a hurry?

I pass by a pasture just east of 75. The sun is usually just making it's appearance and the early morning mist is still laying heavy on the field. I see this and I experience a moment of peace before I get down to the business of the day. Seeing views like this helps to remind me that...Yes, everything is all right.

I have wondered how many people pass this same field and miss this. It's a shame. Maybe I'm the one who's crazy! That could very well be. But this is free! Put out there by God. For anyone who wants to partake!

Take a moment and check this out.

Violinist Josh Bell plays incognito in Washington subway

A reminder to take the time to smell the roses as they say.

A Severe Mercy

When I read this excerpt written by Sheldon Vanauken, words failed me.

He remembered as though it were a few days ago, that winter night, long ago, himself too young to know the meaning of beauty when he had looked up at the delicate tracery of bare black branches against the icy glittering stars; Suddenly something that was, all at once, pain and longing and adoring had welled up inside him, almost choking him. He had wanted to tell someone, but he had no words, inarticulate in the pain and glory. It was long afterwards that he realized it had been his first aesthetic experience. That nameless something that stopped his heart was Beauty.

I too have experienced these moments. Sitting alone with God. No words, just silence. Pretty cool.

In silence, we listen to ourselves, and in quietude, we may even hear the voice of God.

~Maya Angelou~