~~ Looking into the Winds ~~

I walked along the lake this afternoon, ... snowflakes falling lightly through cloudy sky's.... their soft textures content to swirl in the winds, ebbing and receding... their place unknown as they rode the currents.... so too it seemed, my heart following their course. I wondered if it was my place to challenge their journey... knowing their beauty. Their travel caught my eye and for some time I sat in the snow simply letting them take their course and grace my eyes.... realizing perhaps.... journey's, all journey's are unique in their own mystical, magical and precious way. As I watched my heart seemingly listened.... its own eyes caught in the moment.... neither crying nor laughing, moving nor stirring....simply being.

As I closed my eyes I felt surrounded.... and after a while the drifting flakes covered my toes. In that moment I realized beauty and comfort follow their own path.... and as the tiny snowflakes covered my legs a tear fell silently.... for I knew, at that moment..... the tear was my heart....talking to beauty on its own journey..... in its wonderous way. I did not move.... sitting quietly, letting it sink ever deeper... letting it kiss and murmur its song in its own way.

And as the sun set I walked back through the dimming light.... there were no footprints.... only the many snowflakes of beauty laying ahead on the ground. The Inuit have a saying that snow is love. It is everywhere....that one should walk amongst it always. And so it is, this day.... as I sat in its love and watched its beauty, realizing.... I will remember Your love.... knowing Your journey follow's its breathe and delight toward love.... You so richly deserve.

Kiss the winds gracefully.