Beginning Again
The glory around you
is born again each day.
-The Muppets' version of A Christmas Carol
Creation is ongoing. The world begins anew each day. This is the miracle that makes not a sound, but which changes everything, if we can be quiet enough to feel it happen. When we can participate in this, we begin anew each day.
Consider how the sun washes the Earth with its heat and then clouds dissipate, and grasses grow, and stones crumble when no one is looking to reveal a smoother, deeper face. It is the same with us. In a moment of realness, the clouds in our mind clear and our passion is restored, and our walls crumble when no one is looking. It all continues and refreshes, if we let it. It all renews so subtly.
We think it is night that covers the world, but everything living is re-created in that mysterious moment of rest that blankets us all. And each time you blink, if you pause to let your heart flutter with nothing but air to flutter about, each time you open your eyes, you can begin again. It's true. This is the moment of resurrection, the opening of our eyes.
* Sit quietly and look at the things about you, common as they may seem.
* Breathe deeply, close your eyes and pray to see everything again for the first time.
* Breathe slowly, open your eyes and enter your life again as a pilgrim.
~Excerpt taken from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
