meeting in the clearing

Hey...

'Bout time.  :)

I know right?  I was wondering if You might want to go somewhere?

Always.  Let's sit here in this small clearing.

   I look around us, the trees tower at dizzying heights and sway slightly as they mingle with the winds that are presently gossiping only at the tops of these giant guardians.  In the crisp air that is heavy with the earthy scents of these woods I see our breath puff out as we take it all in.  Being awed by the significant sizes that dwarf us while we too tower over a minuscule world beneath our feet... there is no end of wonder.  As our eyes momentarily lock, we experience the thrill of sharing what feels like a holy moment of delight between us, a warmth surges up and spreads from the depths of my soul.  You reach over sliding Your finger along my cheek while I gladly drown in the life and love that spills over in Your look.  We join hands and move to sit down here with a fallen log as a backrest.  In fact, we can lean back and look up at the small circle of sky, watching clouds and color drift by.

Push me to sell it all.

It's not a matter of being pushed Little One.

No I suppose not...

And it's not something you eventually get to either... it's in the right now, the small and regular everyday, which leads surprisingly to bigger and bigger things without the conscious decisions that are often fraught with degrees of narcissism.  Like being here in the rapture of creation's beauty ... you didn't make these trees grow or create this intricate blend of relationships but you did do this... you chose to come.  To look and see. To sit and absorb.  We are enjoying being a part of something so beyond what you can fathom and yet you felt the holiness of it.

Nice.  This blends nicely with other realizations like the better way to look at my past and the reminder once again that it is not about me.

I sit up crossing my legs so I can just sit and watch You.  My heart aches again it is so so full.
Kind of how when You love Me You are actually loving others around me.  I laugh in the relationship of it all.  Your eyes crinkle as Your smile stretches lighting up Your face.