Anyone who thinks

fallen leaves are dead

has never watched them

dance in the wind.

~Shira Tamer

opening to the mind’s wanderings….

inquiry for today~ why now and how can I know what I know?

a greater awareness

May you know that absence is alive with hidden presence,

that nothing is ever lost or forgotten.

May the absences in your life grow full of eternal echo.

May you sense around you the secret

Elsewhere where the presences that have left you dwell.

~John O’Donohue