The Compass of Life

 

I wake up. I open my eyes.

I feel life within me. I feel a complete life that surrounds me.

I feel my breath. I feel my heartbeat.

I look out the window and observe the drops falling from the sky.

I see the wind engulfing itself with the leaves of the trees.

I secretly listen to the birds’ conversation. I let myself be touched by their melody.

I smile within. I find laughter within me. That same laughter that reveals itself on so many other “rainy days.”

The laughter that reminds me that everything is well.

That life unfolds in perfect cycles.

That elements complement one another.

That the rain falls, allowing itself to be carried by the wind, surrendering to the planet earth, flowing… Being only what it is. Without querying its nature. Accepting all stages of its metamorphic process.

I also surrender…

I feel the strength of the trees within me.  I feel my trunk sway softly to the sound of the wind.

I feel my deep root. I feel all that has led me here…

I let the wind blow away the leaves that no longer serve me.

I let myself bathe in the rain.

I feel more whole.

I breathe deeply, feeling the air. I let it spread within me.

I follow the flow of my breath.

I feel the compass of my heart. I secretly listen to its melody.

I smile once more. I smile joyfully.