Looking at You, Joy!
I am looking at the feathery fingers of purple Mexican Sage bush as riotous in their movement as in their beauty, a contrast to the quiet lavender shed they stand next to. I am not looking at my recently deceased brother’s red tool chest tucked safely inside the shed, but I know it is there.
The Wonder and Mystery of the "Negatives" in our Lives.
*Art by Hilma af Klint
I penned a version of this essay on Mother's Day 2021. I invite us to consider the idea of finding our way into appreciating the gifts hidden in our impossible life situations, those things we cannot change, but deeply wish we could.
"Always we hope someone else has the answer, some other place will be better...
Art by: Camilla West
“Always we hope
someone else has the answer, some other place will be better,
some other time, it will turn out
… This is it.”
Pema Chodran