How's your human experience been today?

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience;

we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

spiritual beings,

brought together

in

a world

that is said to come from chaos 

 ordered somehow by a mystical Force unseen with the naked eye,

we walk around

all

bound up,

proud up,

ego'ed up,

eyes closed,

going through the motions

never taking the time

to think

about

the

wonder

or

spiritual invitations

that are placed right

there in front of us,

inviting

us

to

experience

humanity in the fullest sense.

deep thinking for just before bedtime

but

wonder how we'd change our thought process

our view of the world

if we

embraced the fact

that within our

clay like shell

resided a

spiritual being....

what does that mean anyway,

spiritual being

too deep for me to think about

too big to understand, but i like the thought of

a mystical like energy

encased in this sexy hot mama of a body,

.........

I look at the leaf that was in front of me on a recent hike...

colors moving from the green of summer growth into the brilliant

array of oranges, reds and a tinge of yellow...

it is ragged, but even in the midst of it...

there is intense beauty in the details,

pointed edges,

veins running throughout,

wounds ever present....

laying there,

fallen from above

residing now underneath

other things

waiting to be broken down and regenerated into something else.

looking at leaves is spiritual...

but

does it remind me to be human?

hum..

suppose

it reminds me to experience awe and wonder and stop and think a bit...

we humans

we spiritual beings

are

presented gifts everyday

that

allow us to experience

the human experience to the fullest...

love, pain, sadness,

overwhelming joy,

smiles, tears, empathy,

in a sense

the leaf is just a reminder of our own process of living...

every day

little things

in

front of us

allow us

to experience

our humanity

wholey,

tomorrow...

i hope...

I will be more human in this spiritual shell...

i hope to notice

the rain on the roof,

the cool crisp nip in the air,

the gritty smell of dry leaves as they crunch under my feet....

maybe tomorrow...

I will experience the world

in

the fullest sense of being human....

may we all

experience

the world

and

allow it to change

us ever so gently...

happy Sunday..

hugs and blessings to you...