In the Arms of an Angel
The walk in the cold and dark this morning culminated in a moment just standing, without camera, on a hill just staring at the most glorious sunrise I have seen in a long time. I feel myself just full of gratitude, for life and the chance I have to live it, for my eyes and the ability to see, for my health and opportunity that becomes mine each day.
It is a busy few days ahead and I needed additional strength and assistance beyond my natural ability and found the strength, solitude and hope in the morning walk today.
As I look around the world or my little slice of it anyway, I realise how very fortunate and blessed I am, I never believe that makes me more special or even remotely better than others, just different.
I am grateful for friends, for adversaries and even for detractors today.
I feel that many opportunities I seek and feel that have been withheld for whatever reason, have appeared so because I failed to see that I was perhaps the very one who prevented them from occurring. I feel that in a sense I had reached some sort of plateau, but I sense comfortably that I need to keep going, and all will be revealed. I often do not know how the hand of fate selects people for a variety of experiences, and truly believe I understand very little of life and people. I struggle many times to make sense of where I am and how I ended up here. Not in a negative way, but I am truly an unworthy benefactor of the many opportunities I am the recipient of. Make no mistake I will grab every bit of hope and opportunity that is dangled before me, even if it is faint and disguised as bloody hard work.
Life has a strange way of bringing people to a collective awareness, and though there have been many twists and turns thus far on my journey, I am so very happy at this moment. I felt that I had communed with my maker this morning and feel a sense of personal nothingness as a result. Yet I feel so totally important, needed and loved. It is a feeling I can scarce describe, it is just beautifully simple, and simply beautiful.
All is right with my world at present, though I feel very strongly for people who are being hung out to dry in the court of public opinion, I feel for friends who have a financial lack, even though most all of us do, I feel for friends who are having so many problems and who are suffering illness, stress and pain. I feel for people who are losing or who have lost jobs in this time we find ourselves in. I wish I had the power and the ability to rectify or remedy the situation or to make it right for everyone, but alas I am just one, and in the big scheme of the world, a VERY small one at that. But all I can do is hold good thoughts and prayers that we will all get through with our integrity, dignity, kindness and respect for one another intact.
May God smile upon us all today, no matter what our circumstance or situation. I send my love out to the world today. It is a strange title for the post but feel I have been in the arms of an angel this morning and no-one can encapsulate that thought and beauty as well as Sarah Mclachlan can.
It is a busy few days ahead and I needed additional strength and assistance beyond my natural ability and found the strength, solitude and hope in the morning walk today.
As I look around the world or my little slice of it anyway, I realise how very fortunate and blessed I am, I never believe that makes me more special or even remotely better than others, just different.
I am grateful for friends, for adversaries and even for detractors today.
I feel that many opportunities I seek and feel that have been withheld for whatever reason, have appeared so because I failed to see that I was perhaps the very one who prevented them from occurring. I feel that in a sense I had reached some sort of plateau, but I sense comfortably that I need to keep going, and all will be revealed. I often do not know how the hand of fate selects people for a variety of experiences, and truly believe I understand very little of life and people. I struggle many times to make sense of where I am and how I ended up here. Not in a negative way, but I am truly an unworthy benefactor of the many opportunities I am the recipient of. Make no mistake I will grab every bit of hope and opportunity that is dangled before me, even if it is faint and disguised as bloody hard work.
Life has a strange way of bringing people to a collective awareness, and though there have been many twists and turns thus far on my journey, I am so very happy at this moment. I felt that I had communed with my maker this morning and feel a sense of personal nothingness as a result. Yet I feel so totally important, needed and loved. It is a feeling I can scarce describe, it is just beautifully simple, and simply beautiful.
All is right with my world at present, though I feel very strongly for people who are being hung out to dry in the court of public opinion, I feel for friends who have a financial lack, even though most all of us do, I feel for friends who are having so many problems and who are suffering illness, stress and pain. I feel for people who are losing or who have lost jobs in this time we find ourselves in. I wish I had the power and the ability to rectify or remedy the situation or to make it right for everyone, but alas I am just one, and in the big scheme of the world, a VERY small one at that. But all I can do is hold good thoughts and prayers that we will all get through with our integrity, dignity, kindness and respect for one another intact.
May God smile upon us all today, no matter what our circumstance or situation. I send my love out to the world today. It is a strange title for the post but feel I have been in the arms of an angel this morning and no-one can encapsulate that thought and beauty as well as Sarah Mclachlan can.
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It's inspiring to me to read your posts like this. It gives me hope in my own life. Thank you.