So... I took a road trip...

Mindful

Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less

kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle

in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for -
to look, to listen,

to lose myself
inside this soft world -
to instruct myself
over and over

in joy,

...I say to myself,
how can you help

but grow wise
with such teachings
as these -
the untrimmable light

of the world,
the ocean's shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?

~ Mary Oliver ~

I love this poem!!  It really was a theme for this late summer road trip.  I wanted to be reminded in the most glorious and reverent of ways... how interwoven the majesty of a landscape is to a song, to a smile, to my heart beating, to the miles, and yes... destination.

I wanted to be reminded that we are born to partake of the beauty of life,

"like a needle
in the haystack
of light." 

Sometimes a change of scenery brings it all back again.  Yes i witnessed "the prayers that are made
out of grass", and "untrimmable light".  I also recognised how much space I had simply turned over to worry, doubt, and struggle.  Uncrowding the mind is one of the greatest gifts we can harness as human beings!  Om Namah Shivaya!!  What I found most hilarious, was the crickets!!  Yeah that's right... they are as loud in the middle of the desert as they are just outside my bedroom window... and the fact that, according to my road travelling ladies, I snore much louder then the crickets chirp.  Ha!

As summer gives way to cooler mornings and shorter days, please remember what you were born to do.  Pause and become present to any given offering from divine.  Look & listen.  Loose the ego self inside this soft world and fill your cup up again.  It is true that you don't have to travel any further than within, and so grateful that a little time on the road, can do just that. Reconnect to the sweetness within, and instruct ourselves over and over in joy!

Blessings on the path within,

Jami

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