Contemplation is life itself,

fully awake, fully active,

and fully aware that it is alive.

It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness

of life, of being.

It is gratitude for life,

for awareness, and for being.

It is a vivid realization of the fact

that life and being in us proceed

from an invisible, transcendent,

and infinitely abundant Source.

~Thomas Merton

wise and precious is this life…

inquiry for today~ you too, are gifted something precious…

ok, let’s love again and again…

I shall

Gather up

All the lost souls

That wander this earth

All the ones that are alone

All the ones that are broken

All the ones that never really fitted in

I shall gather them all up

And together we shall find our home.

~Athey thompson