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I can't think of a better time than New Year's Eve to reflect. For some of us the end of 2020 can't come fast enough. We all have changed, we all have something to learn, something to take to heart and care for it, like one cares for a seed... May those seeds grow, blossom and bring good fruit in our lives in 2021. |
I am always keenly aware that the ocean has depths. Those who know the ocean have profound respect for its depths. Some people may call it fear, but I think that reverence is a better word.
The depths can be both exhilarating and terrifying. I discovered that even when my feet can't reach the bottom, and I am in way over my head, the ocean somehow never fails to support my full weight - effortlessly! And it does the same thing for the guy next to me, three times my size!
I am not the type who lingers long in the shallows. If I go to the ocean, I mean business. I don't mess around with petty stuff. Within minutes, I am off into the deep end.
But, today, the little hand guides me along the shallows, tiptoeing on the edge of the glistening robe, chasing lazy birds that have no fear of humans and no end to their greedy appetites. I watch her skipping over the sea of glass sprawled endlessly in front of us.
"Wow, I never realized how BIG the shallow end is!" A thought strikes me. "It looks... it looks like a giant... mirror!"
Indeed it does. The water is barely covering a large shoulder of the sandy beach, turning the entire thing into an enormous mirror - reflecting a million shades of the blue sky dotted with wispy and puffy clouds, with perfect veracity.
I look behind me, and it's there too - sprawled endlessly behind me as well.
I've been walking on the clouds and I didn't even know it!
I can't peel my eyes away from the sight even if I wanted to...
The familiar words bubble up... a promise and a taunt, a prayer and a longing...
"Your will be done...
...on earth...
... as it is in heaven..."
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