Welcome to this morning.
We go from horizontal to vertical,
From dark to light,
From unconsciousness to consciousness.
Outside,
The dark tree branches stand out against the light sky in the background,
Each emphasized by the contrast.
Silence has age about it.
Tap into the old silence,
The stillness that comes from long ago,
The quiet that exists when we don't know what to say but are willing to be present,
To sit and witness.
Search your body and find your physical self here all the time,
Providing you with form and substance,
A toolbox we often take for granted,
At least until suddenly one of the tools gets rusty or won't work properly.
Offer appreciation and energy to each part of your physical being.
Emotions are tools as well,
The tools of relationship,
Self to self and self to others.
Rummage around and see what you find at this fresh moment.
What feeling is ready to be picked up and put to work,
To help repair something or create something new?
The background that shows the foreground is spirit.
As spirit informs and inspires us,
Spirit shows us who we are and how to be ourselves,
Indeed,
How to just be.
May you experience this day everything in your foreground,
In the context of your spirit,
Who you have always been.
Your gift today is your toolbox.