Yesterday I stopped and stood still a couple of times: once to admire a red cardinal skimming across the phone wires and another time to breathe in my connection to a glossy black crow cawing in a treetop.
My favorite Standing Still time yesterday, though, came when I stopped at a young tree whose buds were just about to break open. The last few days, everything has been closed up, and tight. No signs of anything. But yesterday, I could see the beginnings of green edging almost every tree. What a glorious site! And then to see a small tree up close that is getting close to bursting open.... a miracle. I cupped a cluster of buds in my hands and just breathed in that miracle.
And I wondered... what soul buds are striking forth their energy right now inside of ME? What is just waiting for the last stroke of sun to call forth their fullness of growth?
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