it is...
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 by niebuhrian
It is breath; it is blood; it is sinew and flesh and bone. It is waking from a deep slumber and greeting the day, wispy dreams escaping the moment our eyes breathe light. It is rising from the horizontal, standing firm on the firmament, walking tall amongst the world. It is aches and pains, joints creaking, bones cracking. Yawning, stretching, reaching for the sky it is grasping, touching, embracing…
It is the pumping of the heart, the firing of synapses, the coordination of eye and ear and nose and touch and taste. It is the mastication of bread and fruit, vegetable and meat. It is the conversion of food to energy, energy to movement, movement to purpose, purpose to meaning…
What is it? Life…
It is the knowing, the feeling, the sense of that which flows through and about. It is flexibility and malleability. It is hope that springs from deep within; love that grows with each passing moment. It is also breath, but it is breath that senses connection with the world. It is also blood, but it is blood that flows through all veins and arteries carrying with it the commonality of us all…
It is life-giving. It is awe-struck, doe-eyed, child-like wonder. It is social; it is justice. It is blind and yet sees all; it is rich yet not wealthy in the least; it is everything and yet nothing at all. It is hearing the deep rich full symphonies of life that occur in the most basic of times. It is neither here nor there but yet it is everywhere…
It is sensing the image of the Divine as it rumbles in your core. It is allowing the Spirit to move and quicken the soul. It is touching the essence of the self and contacting the fullness of our being. It is taking whatever comes and acting in a manner that belies who you are. It is seeing the tree in front of you, and also its place in the forest. It is feeling centered, balanced, assured, peaceful. It is anger and joy, sorrow and ecstasy, peace and decadence. It is arms wide open, mouth shut, embraceable, connected…
What is it? Well that, my friends, is life and life abundantly…
grace and peace
It is the pumping of the heart, the firing of synapses, the coordination of eye and ear and nose and touch and taste. It is the mastication of bread and fruit, vegetable and meat. It is the conversion of food to energy, energy to movement, movement to purpose, purpose to meaning…
What is it? Life…
It is the knowing, the feeling, the sense of that which flows through and about. It is flexibility and malleability. It is hope that springs from deep within; love that grows with each passing moment. It is also breath, but it is breath that senses connection with the world. It is also blood, but it is blood that flows through all veins and arteries carrying with it the commonality of us all…
It is life-giving. It is awe-struck, doe-eyed, child-like wonder. It is social; it is justice. It is blind and yet sees all; it is rich yet not wealthy in the least; it is everything and yet nothing at all. It is hearing the deep rich full symphonies of life that occur in the most basic of times. It is neither here nor there but yet it is everywhere…
It is sensing the image of the Divine as it rumbles in your core. It is allowing the Spirit to move and quicken the soul. It is touching the essence of the self and contacting the fullness of our being. It is taking whatever comes and acting in a manner that belies who you are. It is seeing the tree in front of you, and also its place in the forest. It is feeling centered, balanced, assured, peaceful. It is anger and joy, sorrow and ecstasy, peace and decadence. It is arms wide open, mouth shut, embraceable, connected…
What is it? Well that, my friends, is life and life abundantly…
grace and peace
