Look at the Sky

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.” – Hafez

“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Three beautiful days on the North Shore of Minnesota –  magical, mesmerizing, peaceful. Nature heals, holds, settles, pronouncing the glory of God’s work in the trees, sky, water. And it doesn’t stop there. He’s created beauty, wonder and expanse within each of us – tenfold of what He’s done in nature. Keep seeking that place within and rest there awhile in awe.

“I want to learn how to speak to anyone at any time and make us both feel a little bit better, lighter, richer, with no commitments of ever meeting again. I want to learn how to stand wherever with whoever and still feel stable. I want to learn how to unlock the locks to our minds, my mind, so that when I hear opinions or views that don’t match up with mine, I can still listen and understand. I want to burn up lifeless habits of following maps and to-do lists, concentrated liquids to burn my mind and throat and I want to go back to the way nature shaped me. I want to learn to go on well with whatever I have in my hands at the moment in a natural state of mind, certain like the sea.

I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea.”― Charlotte Eriksson

Solace, joy, peace to you as Lent transforms to Resurrection Sunday. The whole journey from the Cross to the Crown.