The River in Early Spring

I went down to the river this morning after an absence of over a week. We have been having a lot of rain and the river was flooded beyond its banks and purging debris. But it was beautiful to see the leaves beginning to unfurl and open to the touch, the warmth, and love of the new season!

The river and I have been steadfast companions these many months. I thought of this as I did my Lovingkindness and Reiki meditations...

I thought of the many experiences I have had over the last few months - some difficult, some unexpected, and yet the many instances of love and grace. I marveled at the many gifts received and opportunities that have arisen - all sent by the Divine...

These blessing from John O' Donohue's To Bless the Space Between Us, seem appropriate here:

Excerpts taken from - For An Exile

Now is the time to hold faithful

To your dream, to understand

That this is an interim time

Full of awkward disconnection.

Gradually you will come to find

Your way to friends who will open

Doors into a new belonging

Your heart will brighten

With new discovery,

Your presence will unclench

And find ease,

Letting your substance

And promise be seen.

Slowly a new world will open for you.

The eyes of your heart, refined

By this desert time, will be free

To see and celebrate the new life

For which you sacrificed everything.

To Come Home To Yourself

May all that is unforgiven in you

Be released.

May your fears yield

Their deepest tranquillities.

May all that is unlived in you

Blossom into a future

Graced with love.