...and the Journey continues in Peace

 In the theology of my youth and even young adulthood, doing work was just that- Doing work!
Taking a nice run was simply cardiovascular exercise.
So much has changed! When we see, truly see the gifts in front of us we can create magical experiences at every turn. The choice is yours. What will you create today?
Today in this most sacred place Unity Village, Missouri, I unboxed my final few arrivals to settle into my new one room home. What a difference it is when you realize how much you really "don't need."
It is a process though and coming to terms with various attachments it is so easy to release some things while others, well, will take more work.
So, I worked on a class assignment, distracted by the Peaceful surroundings. Not a TV, a freeway, cars running up and down the street, children playing at the school...No, none of that from my home. I was distracted by the sheer peace. The still silence. The amazing silence. This distracted from my reading. So, I bargained. "One more chapter, get your essay in rough from and you can go and run into the fields and embrace the peace and joy around the campus!
Just before dark. I put on my running shoes and left. I love giving myself a target and a reward, and what a reward it was!
No less than two blocks out a large stag met me center of the road. You know this is not in the norm of my usual Houston, TX run path. I smiled and kept moving toward him. He looked surprised and waited. He eventually huffed and bounced away a few feet and stopped again to look at this funny human running. The rest of the herd had the same reaction. The look of surprise and stillness with a wonder of "what is he running to or from?" I laughed and smiled as I went by. How blessed to be here at this time in my life embracing all that is around me. Deepening my study and also the interactions with wildlife which also serve me and my joy and laughter at the thought of where I am and what this path will bring.
I returned home after a two mile run and rested as I walked the labyrinth. Darkness came and still the peace within my soul was lifted. This space is a physical manifestation perception of heaven that one coud easily relate too. Heaven is upon us. I think so. For me, Yes.
Upon returning, I sat a while to reflect on this expereince and picked up a little book a dear frend gave to me as a going away gift.
The opening text was this "May you go out in joy and be led forth with peace; may the mountains ad the hills burst in song before you. and may all the tress of the field clap their hands." Isaiah 55:12
How beautful and fitting. That, my friend was my experience this day. May you also find the laughter, joy and peace in your day too. Blessings and Love - Iter Nostrum

Douglas