I Am So Lucky

Inspired by the following line from Kokoro by Beth Kempton: "I get to have this day."

I get to have this day where I sit among loved ones, both passed and present. It is not every day that I remember how lucky I am to have this day. In this moment, I know. I know that no day is guaranteed. Everything can change in the next moment. And after that moment there will be processing, remembering, evolving. It may be hard to imagine how life will ever look again. However, we don't need to know everything today. We can only take one step at a time and surround ourselves with the people, both living and passed, who wish to support us along the way.

Today. Today I sit at my desk and gaze out my window. In a moment, I am transported into the tree branches outside. I sit on a sturdy limb that requests my company. I breathe in this moment, drawing in the life-giving oxygen from the leaves by my side, exhaling, slowly, the carbon dioxide for the tree to breathe in. Working in harmony, we nourish one another, the tree and I. Our exchange is symbiotic and of this moment. The tree and its limbs gift me their calm, grounding energy. And I, with permission, transfer any remaining frenetic energy through the tree and down into the earth, whose immense power transforms it back into calm energy.

I am centered now, back in my seat at my desk. Newly transformed, I know that this is just one moment and I will treasure it, along with the moments that follow. I will not feel calm and centered in every moment. And the beauty of that is I will once again be able to travel to the trees and have a beautiful energetic exchange with them.

I am grateful for this moment and for the mindfulness I have cultivated through community.

Thank you.