headed to atlanta last saturday for a visit...it was in the plans to head to dc on monday...car accident on saturday night sidelined me in atlanta until wednesday night...no major physical injuries...but left me with lots of time to try to think (even though my brain kinda shut down on me for a while)...
thought a lot about waiting...waiting for direction...waiting for change...waiting for dreams...about how life is really made up of lots of beautiful small moments...strung together by this thread we call time...and those magical moments, though fleeting, are there to remind us that the suffering...the hardships...the longing for something we don't know were not how it was supposed to be...that we are living in a broken world...and the collective sigh of humanity is for redemption...for healing...
and we wait...for the small moments to meld together and become our one big reality and then mope around in disillusionment when they don't...but they're not going to...the secret is in cherishing, living, diving in and drenching ourselves in the little moments...
and so, as i waited in atlanta for my body and soul to catch up on rest...and for news of my car...i also enjoyed the small moments...and kindnesses of dear people in my life...grateful for the support, sanity and care that were being lavished upon me with tenderness and grace...for the friend who kept calling, worried that my texts didn't sound like me...for the persistence of those who insisted on me letting myself be cared for...savoring a glass of iced (counter culture) coffee...lying in the sun in a local park...yummy thai food...movies...music...conversations and silences...
taking stock of it all...i was filled up...filled up with the beauty of the gift of such a wonderfully full amazing life...made so by the dear people in it and the small moments of quietness and peace...it's a remarkable thing when you think of it...that our lives could be so full of wonder and we miss it more than we see it...
so...look around...find the small things...and cherish them...think of the true people in your life...solid gold...and treasure them...breathe deeply and fill your soul with the dizzying sweetness of it...your best life is right here...right now...
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