The Start of my day was distracting,
but I was patiently able to center myself,
over and over
by listening to uplifting music
and energizing ...
Then Paul and I went up to Goldstream Park,
a rainforest hike
up to a beautiful view.
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He wore slacks, and had a bag and a tall beautifully carved staff.
I wore dark jeans, but as usual I had my sarong, the orange one,
to use for a shawl (or a cape!).
On the way we looked down at the colours in the rock
and they looked like Dragons.
Truly.
The rock veins of red, green, blue;
curled their way through the rocks,
disappearing into them as tails or serpentine heads.
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They've all come to see,
This new lord and lady,
Traveling through their land.
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Faces appear in the rocks, the air crackles with magic.
The multitude of colours, Blue! Green! Orange!
all blend to create a masterpiece to set one free,
The surroundings demand you leave behind
all your cares and your worries.
You can pick them up at the end if you like.
(Though I would choose to leave.)
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There's healing energy permeating everything.
You're free! The forest glows a soft but vivid green.
Slugs cross our path, large fat black ones.
Their skins glisten making the patterns stick out,
Half-striped and Half-bumpy.
And then there's the Banana Slug,
a not too ripe Banana Slug,
witha a green tinge to its Yellow.
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Reaching the summit we find an Old Wise Man,
who lives close by.
Touched by the breathtaking view,
and by the power of the land,
He goes to the summit Daily.
In any weather, rain, sleet or snow;
To look over the Mountains and down to the Ocean.
He bids us goodbye, and wishes us well,
Then vanishes down the rocks and into the trees.
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We sat at the highest point and had lunch,
Marveling at the world as we chewed.
Grateful to God for all his light and his beauty,
We express it through our admiration of his work.
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Ants marched in a line below us, orderly and neat.
(We gave them something good to eat,
and probably promoted a soldier ant)
Birds sang.
A Raven circled,
perhaps wondering if we were edible.
We may have been,
But we have a combined defense of 18 to his 7.
(and he had a stick! {2+})
a Bald Eagle flew by, Bold and Majestic.
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And if this day wasn't magical enough,
Paul proposed and I said Yes!
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The Spiritual Diary reading for Today:
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*This is exactly how my day went, wonderful and magical.*
(Practicing the Presence of God) {July 23rd 2007}
~Whenever your mind wanders
in the maze of myriad wordly thoughts,
patiently lead it back to rememberance of the indwelling Lord.
In time you will find Him
ever with you--
a God who talks with you in your own language,
a God whose face peeps at you
from every flower
and blade of grass.
Then you shall say:
"I am free! I am clothed in the gossamer of Spirit;
I fly from eath to heaven on wings of light."
And what Joy will consume your being!~
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And what JOY will consume your being!
How wonderfully true those words are!
~EverMorr
