The two ways of presence, was a visibly inviting contrast in our garden yesterday morning ! A suspended dry leaf moving in the wind and a colourful flower cluster radiant in the morning sunshine!
The wind moved the suspended leaf and the Sun made the flowers and buds look luminous ! Both are present, moving or still, receiving what is given!
Our breath gives us life each moment !
We breathe without being aware of our dependence on the air we breathe to live! We live receiving the life giving breath, although unaware of it when we breathe about 18 times each minute! We live receiving this gift of life, upon which our life is dependent to survive!
The wind moves the suspended leaf; the sun gives the radiance to the flowers; the air we breathe keeps us alive! How much we are dependent on this provision that preserves our life on earth!
Do the leaders of the nations currently in war, think of the polluting effects of air produced by the warheads used to attack! To me this is an indication of self harming behaviour! We pollute the air that sustains life on earth!
The peace activists often remind us of the call to preserve life on earth by taking care of our earth to sustain life!
The air and light are two gifts to humankind which foster life on earth!
We are called to be stewards and custodians of this gift!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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