Observations today…from nature, as I walked and watched…
A helicopter hovers above the sea. The gull, conversely, has no need to pause to see. It watches carefully as its going.
Hawks don’t talk, they circle in silence, and suddenly exactly swoop. Ravens squall make a racket, and battle the wind. Both being what they are, however.
Hummingbirds are in another world. I like that about them, and that they choose to visit us occasionally in little flittering flecks of Love’s hovering colors. They teach us the weight between worlds, and the tiny distance between us all.
Flowers contain the whole metaphor of life, and if observed well, release their teachings in mid air to us over time, as will the whole earth, if loved and listened to well. Watching well is part of stewardship.
For each creature is a specific poem about some aspect of God’s identity, and so ours all worth meditating on forever. Yet, the other creatures seem less interrupted than us, but then, we are the most difficult poem to align. Our lines resist editing!