Yesterday as the day wore on the sun shone high, and the wind poured in warmth accumulated elsewhere, the sky going through many of the permutations between clear and cloud covered . Snow melted to patchy, scraggly-looking patterns, as if the land were a furry animal shedding its winter coat. I am eager to see Deer Creek today, how the water will be rushing and free. I want to go and stand by, to see it in its full setting, to absorb the natural flow of it with all my senses, to experience it. Now the sun opens the day with generosity, pouring out unstintingly into the morning.
A further thought on loving one another, from Jon Kabat-Zinn:
"Generosity, trustworthiness, kindness, empathy, compassion, gratitude, joy in the good fortune of others, inclusiveness, acceptance and equanimity are qualities of mind and heart that further the possibilities of well-being and clarity within oneself, to say nothing of the beneficial effects they have in the world."
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Coming To Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. Hypernion, New York, 2005. 104.
What a handful of attributes! Let me live by those. Thus the days will be always welcome in my heart.
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