When I awoke this morning the idea of negative noise came into my head.
This is the best description of how I felt.
I keep seeing images of being behind a waterfall. My physical body is not in the picture.
It’s my spirit there looking out through the flow of water and light.
I’m standing at the entrance of a cave. The roar of the waterfall is so all consuming,
I’ve become deaf to it, and all the noise it cancels out.
I keep contemplating what this means for me, and I’m still undecided.
I shook off all these thoughts, and went to the kitchen to fix breakfast.
Out the window I saw my garden, and I was filled with peace.
I stepped outside and over to the pond. I counted six blooms today.
The heat and moisture clung to me, and reinforced the stillness of this day.
Even my husband’s feral cats were all hiding somewhere in the dark corners of shade
Edging the outer boundaries near the fences.
I went back inside, and ate my breakfast, then shucked all the corn I bought the other day.
I placed them in the steamer, and let the steamer do its job of softening all the kernels.
It will be refrigerated, so we can eat cold corn later in the day.
As the corn was steaming, and the day seemed like it would drag, I experienced my first
Sighting of a hummingbird this summer. It was drinking from the Queen Victoria Cardinal
Flower near the pond. Then it flew away.
I sat down at my breakfast bar feeling happy at what I’d witnessed. When I looked up I was
Somewhat startled to see the hummingbird near the window in front of me.
Inside my head I heard the message: “Where did you go? I was putting on a show for you.”
I grabbed the binoculars and went over to the window and followed its flight.
It landed in one of the Crepe Myrtles and sat there and let me have a good look at it.
Suddenly I remembered; I needed to make more sugar water for the feeder.
Contact and communication was successful. I found my bag of sugar and measuring cup.
The feeder is now full of a fresh supply. After this encounter,
My spirits rose to meet the day.
movingforwardslowly 