Stand under the stars and say what you like to them. Praise them, question them, pray to them, and wish upon them. The universe will not answer. But it will have spoken. –Timothy Ferris
In the days of childhood life had a simple quality. Maybe we were warmly wrapped in a cocoon of family life, school, playtime, friends, long summer days and cold winter nights. Then as young adults, we sailed off in freedom to pursue our dreams, feeling as invincible as the world’s first explorers.
Eventually, some of us set anchor in a safe harbor and settled into a conventional lifestyle to begin a career or perhaps marry and raise a family. Over time, allured by the world’s pull on us we may have succumbed to the pressures of conformity. Through the years, we weathered life’s storms and embraced moments of Grace as they ebbed and flowed.
Today, we find our world spins with an ever-increasing velocity, as the complexity of our fast-paced environment seems to accelerate. Technology’s explosion enables instant cyber travel across oceans but it can also shore us in with ensuing isolation.
The wheel of life continues to turn as if to free us from the trappings of the world’s restrictive nets. A new pull is upon us now as we come full circle. It draws us to a simpler way by reminding us of what matters. It was Saint Teresa of Avila who “saw that God chose the center of the human soul as a dwelling place because that is the most beautiful place in all creation” (Mirabai Starr, Editor).
In a recent Journal essay, (May 2, “Adrift on the Same Raft”) Rev. Erie Chapman shared this radiance, “In Love, we offer living water to each other. When we live Love, we are no longer adrift.” This life giving water is powerfully illustrated in the following video by Eric Lowen; a musician who is living with ALS. Eric said, “There are good days and bad days and there are good parts in bad days and bad parts in good days”
Daylight weaves into night and winds its way back to day. We live on a vast ocean of Love that holds our universe together within us and without. Sometimes we can't help feeling alone and adrift. Yet, when we reach out to share in each other's lives, we remember we are so much more.
With Love,
~liz Sorensen Wessel
Note: pencil drawing by ~liz
Journal of Sacred Work 
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