The more that we deeply appreciate, care for,

and feel inextricably tied to the places, things and people of this world,

the more we are likely to take a stand on behalf of what we value.

~Kristi Nelson

many days ahead invite us to look more closely…

inquiry for today~ what do you see in the vast expanse?

what I found….

I do not know what gorgeous thing
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts.
Sometimes it seems the only thing
in the world that is without
questions that can’t and probably
never will be answered, the
only thing that is entirely content
with the pink, then clear white
morning and, gratefully, says so.

~Mary Oliver