Allow yourself to be welcomed to this day by your surroundings,
Both what you can see as well as what you can sense.
All that is around you says,
Hello,
How are you today?
And means it.
All this greeting happens in silence.
The silence accomplishes all the communication.
Just as the wet earth and the puddles left from the rain are dried out without a sound and leave a deeper silence behind.
Feel yourself as a physical form with weight,
Height and depth.
Experience how your body holds you to the earth,
All of you.
Feet and legs,
Middle and chest,
Arms and head,
One form held here.
Nothing so tangible holds your emotions.
Let go enough to feel feelings.
What are the pools of feeling lying around?
Some I have to jump in feet first and empty by splashing.
Others I must let evaporate.
And in the air,
All around,
Like close humidity,
Is spirit.
Sometimes spirit feels moist,
Like a thick,
All-touching fog.
May you be touched this day by the moisture of life itself,
The air and water combination that every seed requires to grow.
Your gift today is water.