Life Force

When I come to my stillness spot by the cedar tree, it takes awhile for the mental chatter in my mind to settle down. I breathe the fresh air into my lungs and I just watch and notice and listen. Each day is different—foggy, rainy, sunny.

Lately when I come to the cedar tree and my mind becomes quiet, I feel an exhilarating joy sweep over me. I feel connected to the earth and the trees and the birds, yes. But this is something deeper. It's like the wind—invisible, yet felt, stirring all things and filling them with song. Yet, even as I listen to the winding singing through the trees, I realize it's much deeper than that. It is the force that moves the stars and fires the sun. Deeper, more subtle, more inexplicable than anything I can imagine.

In that moment when my mind quiets, I feel that energy thrill through me and I know I am alive.