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Jun 2, 2012
"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch."
—e.e. cummings
Life Lessons From a Winged Visitor
"Something in the sunlight caught my eye. A moving something. A small moving something. Could it really be? A butterfly had landed on the floormat inside the house. Beating its wings ever so slowly, trying to catch its breath. I crept closer, just wanting to capture its beauty in my hands. To just admire its simplicity and intricate design. She sensed my presence, and we locked energies. Slowly, slowly, I inhaled and she beat up, I exhaled, she beat down. me: Inhaling, exhaling her:beating up, beating down...She had a story, I could tell." In this article an ordinary day turns magical when a young woman leans in to listen to a butterfly.
BE THE CHANGE
Try observing something in nature closely, a flower, a bird, a blade of grass or a cloud -- and see what the experience surfaces for you.
