listening

listening, bending my concentration toward that silent me that watches over everything else, knowing somehow....the inward ear straining to hear the difference between those thoughts of intensity, the ones that present themselves at the forefront of your mind, silent, strong, visible above the hubub of daily thought. They sit, waiting for you to acknowledge them, and once you have done so, the thought almost bows and steps aside in thanks. These thoughts that are so still and normal and clear, that sometimes you don't even notice what ocurred to you until you realize what is happening in your life, happened in your mind beforehand.....

I've had more and more of these lately. Today, a small one. I knew it was going to rain about an hour before it would start. Haven't turned on the tv, listened to a forecast today, or anything like that. I did spend time sitting on the floor letting the bright early morning sun soak into my skin and meditated on how it felt to be warmed by the sun, alonside the rest of life on our planet, and it was wonderful, like a warm towel fresh out of the dryer type of comfortingly mundate thing to think about. And when I randomly knew that it was going to rain soon, it made me smile. How perfect, to have the warm sun, and the cozy drizzle, all in one day.

so, my universe, i want to thank you for that.