The Invitation

Last month when hurricane Irma came up the west coast of Florida I elected to stay and ride it out.
This gave me time to sit, journal, observe, and be. It is always a choice - to stay in the quietness of centering presence or to dwell at the fluctuating edges of storm turbulence. It became a time of personal gathering in and evolving. So, here is an invitation to you dear reader. Pause. Breathe. Center. Find and cultivate a time of stillness .... not waiting for storms to push you into it.

     The Invitation

There's an invitation in stillness

  to rediscover what has always been.

The ever active mind and ego protests,

  requesting doing over being.

Before the sunrises each morning,

  there is stillness upon the land.

 

Before the bird takes flight,

  there is preparation of spreading wings.

The inner quest is a cherishing of deep truth,

  the action of centering self care.

Pause now, and then again, until

   balance appears as mindful presence.

This is the open heart greeting the world,

  connecting mind with wonder, grace,

  and the mystery of your being.

                 richard hammer

                       9-30-17