Wake and Walk Into It

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” – Henry David Thoreau

“The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond, and music is in both the flowing violin and the water dripping from the drainage pipe. Yes, God is under the porch as well as on top of the mountain, and joy is in both the front row and the bleachers, if we are willing to be where we are.” ― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

May you find the extraordinary in the ordinary;
It is hiding in plain sight;
Look all around, in and out, up and down, right and left;
If thoughts are whirling, go for a walk, breathe deeply;
Allow new answers to enter;
Make room for different responses;
Seize, embrace this day, a moment at a time;
Gratitude, grace and praise hold the keys to locked doors;
Wake and walk into it, cross the threshold.

“Sometimes the simplest and best use of our will is to drop it all and just walk out from under everything that is covering us, even if only for an hour or so—just walk out from under the webs we’ve spun, the tasks we’ve assumed, the problems we have to solve. They’ll be there when we get back, and maybe some of them will fall apart without our worry to hold them up.”― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have