"We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
~Thornton Wilder
The
year is 2026. It feels different.
Time
moves on as always. The calendar turns and marks the new year. Resolutions are made.
I’ll do better now that the calendar has turned. I’ll turn too and head in the
right direction.
I just
celebrated my New Year’s birthday. Growing up I imagined all the hoopla was
because of my arrival on planet earth. My special day was a threshold through
which the world crossed to embark on the voyage of transformation.
A
window of time where sunlight poured in to photosynthesize incomplete lives.
The day where the hope of metamorphosis was fully acknowledged, or at least the
desire for improvement realized.
Old
habits could be shed like snake skins, new wonders born with the sunrise.
Believe
it or not, I still think that. The only difference now is that these hopes and
dreams for a better world, a purer heart, a closer walk, finished works,
fulfilled wishes…these are day-by-day possibilities. Every new day.
With
every sunrise comes promise. With every sunset and midnight hour comes fresh
manna from heaven. Dreams take you to sights unseen. Music and miracles in the
night.
God is
present here, now, forever 24:7 With me. With you.
My
task this moment is to ponder the treasures hidden in the earthen vessel and
touch base with gratitude, past and present. Every good and perfect gift
received over a lifetime.
For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew~6
This
is the call to prayer and contemplation. The call to share your dreams and
visions, hopes and wishes. Come join me on this journey.
This
year I’ll be focusing on the treasures here in this earthen vessel. I’m looking
inward for peace and joy. Because I doubt the outer kingdoms of this world will
allow a minute’s peace. I’m seeking the peace that surpasses understanding,
peace that can’t be seen with the naked eye, but only with the heart.
Is it
just me? Or do you feel that this year is somehow different? What shift in
reality are you hoping to see – either in the inner world or the outer. Talk to me.
(Art:
Maxfield Parrish - The Doctrine of Divine Light)
(Art: Maxfield Parrish - The Doctrine of Divine Light)
