Present Moment

Awakening to a beautiful day is all we need in order to love everyone we meet and everything we see. Today was such a day, forcing one to be aware of the beauty always at hand. Too often the "to do list" gets in the way of being in the present moment. So I decided to simply be for most of the afternoon, looking at the water, feeling the breeze, noticing the particular blue of the sky, becoming simply aware of myself and of the connection I have to the wholeness, the energy of which we are all a part. Peace and calmness run through me now, and I rejoice that I gave my attention to something that now only restores me but perhaps gives something to the world.