This Sunday's post is to extend yesterday's idea of practicing gratitude. When events are overwhelming, we can often recover our spiritual ground by focusing on the present moment and what is immediately at hand, rather than trying to take in and process the larger picture of unfolding developments on many fronts. If we are open, we can discover a sense of awe and wonder in the fabric of what is happening right now. Amazement lifts us out of a sense of repetitive disappointments, resentments and fears; ushers in gratitude.
As the Bay Area lockdown began in March 2020, the San Francisco Chronicle asked Mill Valley poet Jane Hirchfield if she would write a poem on her experience of the sweeping shelter-in-place mandate. She responded that just that morning, she had written it, before they asked.
This poem also serves as a reminder to not judge whatever level of positive participation you contribute in the healing of the Whole. Follow the link to the poem.
https://gratefulness.org/res…/today-when-i-could-do-nothing/