Touching the mama gray whale's back was beyond heaven.
Total immersion in bliss: I giggled so hard I cried. When she rolled underneath
our child's-toy-of-a-zodiac, I only briefly wondered if we'd be upturned; it
was surreal and wordless wonder.
As if the rolling curved body, silkier than life, had
frozen mid-pace: everything inside of me also paused, still and in utter
surrender to dolphin joy.
Kayaking alongside mangroves...becoming the reflection on
the water. What I felt and saw seamlessly became One. I was made whole, if
even for just that instant.
Those three: tremendous once-in-a-lifetime gifts, transformative moments.
* * *
We cannot allow ourselves to stay tethered to and entangled in the small-heartedness of fear and worry, or anger and blame. Our souls
depend upon appreciating, too - with every fiber of our breath - those tiny daily gifts... Dew, Rose Scent, Salmon Sky, Whispering Breeze, Tangy Fallen Apple ...Because it is these which, by way of our gratitude, become our saviors, our sanity, our completion
as whole and wholly interconnected Naturebeings.
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