Thoughts at a Quiet Day

I need to be quiet.

Dear God, you KNOW I need to be quiet...

There's the Cathedral and the wedding;

The puppy and Canada; 

L, J, K

So many people, 
so many things crowding in.

Good things, yes, but challenges too.

If I started making a list... 
it 
would 
take 
all
the 
space 
I 
have 
been 
given.

But that's not the point.

The point is now. 
This present moment.

A moment of mown grass and birdsong.

A moment of lying, living, among the dead.

And in this moment I have all I need.

The sun warms me with no effort on my part.

A buttercup, having escaped the mowers, lights up the grass at my feet.

A butterfly rests briefly on my skirt.

We are all part of one another.

Conscious or not, we exist like Dame Julian's hazelnut

Because God loves us.

We have all we need.