Sitting on the pier with my brother fishing opened me as I gazed over the water feeling the comfort of his presence so near me. It was familiar as if there was no time. It's been years since we spent more than a few hours just with each other. The gifts of these moments fed me like the days of our youth. We would spend countless hours in the little aluminum boat on our lake in Northern Ontario catching perch, bass and sometimes a pike. Fishing in the river I recall myself being lost in the gazing into the still waters observing the sunlight reflecting in the fallen trees or driftwood making home for sea life. I liked it best in the river because of the calm waters and I could hear the birds and listen to the turtle as it made its way out of the water onto the fallen tree trunk. The sounds brought me closer to my own calmness inside. Those memories of myself as a child, was at home in nature.
Maybe
back then it mattered if we caught any fish. Today all that mattered
was being right here sharing the moment with Phil. This timeless feeling
where our hearts have never been separated by distance or time and we
remember in the stillness of this precious moment that love is all there
is.
We
both have been through the loss of our mates, our mother and father and
as the years have flown by we have lost time with each other. Today we
return to the simple pleasures of being alive because we have weathered
the storms and moved through our grieving hearts able to rise up and
receive what gives life. Standing together and sharing the wisdom of
what has been in the past, with some of our falseness fallen away, we
are fully present with each other even if we are not talking, just being
ourselves.
Knowing
someone deeply is such a treasure and as we share with one another our
hurts, our pains and our joy. Speaking from the heart or gazing into the
eyes of another we realize that they have been where we have. That they
have touched those stirring waters as emotions ripple deeply within. We
can open ourselves to this deep stillness inside and know that others
are the same. We can receive the moment and allow our internal eyes to
see beyond the image of aging and find that sweet spot within our open
heart. Here we can rest for awhile as our breath leads us to our own
heartbeat. Our whole world is within us and yet how much of our
ourselves do we share with another? We are planting new seeds in every
moment and these intimate moments can become the flowers of tomorrow's
happiness.
Today
as I sit, discovering who I am, I am humbled by the knowing that even
though the dramas of life continues to move through my blood, I can
fully embrace it all as I breathe into the quiet where God has no
language. In the stillness I find the peace and remember that all is
well as I let go once again to find that seed that has been planted
within me. The spark of light that needs my attention. I breathe in and
allow in the fullness of being here with all of the memories of days
gone by and return to the presence that is my inner strength as peace
and serenity find me. In this garden where all begins to bloom, I feel a
power greater than my little self showing me the way as I become that
flower receiving the light of a radiant sun. I have gazed into the eyes
of life itself and allowed it to bring me happiness. I am here to grow
and every part of life has made it so.
Blessed Be,
Frannie
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