my
church.....on my birthday, i spent the moment right before dawn at my
favorite place - the river. i thought about how the river is
constantly changing - the water rushes over the falls [i know, man
made!], overflow from the lake [another man made feature] but it all
begins with the springs and the springs get their flow from the aquifer
which is filled when it rains......the
rain, the result of water vapor in the sky - molecules of water carried
with the winds from all over the world.....the same drops of water
falling from the sky that fell perhaps hundreds of years ago; an endless
cycle. so new and ancient at the same moment - water needed for all
life; water - with the power of sustaining and killing. water - to
baptize, to cleanse, to inspire, to rejuvenate, to drown and kill....all
in the same element. i stepped in the river and with cupped hands
poured the water over my head - it was cool and wonderful - water, to
cleanse, to inspire....being in the water - to thank and to pray. it
was a powerful and a spiritual moment for me, just the river, max and i.
and how can appreciating this, pondering this, how can feeling so
connected to something so primal be evil? but that's what my family
would say...... heathen they would call me - maybe even worse. i don't
understand them.... if they believe that their god gave the earth and
everything on it, why is appreciating it and worshiping it wrong?
still finding my path
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