A dance on the side of the road....

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset

or the beauty of the moon,

 my soul expands

 in the worship of the creator."

 Mohandas Gandhi

I drove along the winding road,

thinking and watching,

moving along as a tiny speck

on the planet.

The light from the sun began to fade

and

the gray subtle hues began to move in and settle over

  the barns and flat farmland of the horizon.

I listened to the sound of the wind blowing

felt the cool air on my face

coolness drifted around.

And just when it felt as if darkness

would drop in and encapsulate it all

wonder upon wonders,

light upon light,

awe evoking moment,

a flash,

some would call it

a miracle of sort

it happened

before I knew it

IT

had reached into the empty crevices of my spirit

and

grabbed hold of my heart string

strummed slowly at first,

tuning up

the strings that had gone untuned for so long,

I stopped

stared into the horizon

realizing

that

the Creative Artist was at work

inviting me to stand for just a moment

on the fringed holy ground.

Light

it came,

covered the darkness

and

drifted in glimmers

 tiny rays of love

 illuminated and sparkled

into the place

I thought

may have died...

Love

came

over me,

 moved over me

and

I stopped

and

stood,

stood beside green meadow

under

the light of

Hope.

My soul

my soul

it was restored by the beauty of color

that swirled,

wind that blew

and

 Wonder

moved me

Love...

IT met me

and

everything around me

all the gifts of the Universe

quivered with sacredness

the Creator

invited me to join in the Spiritual movement

taking place

and

I danced,

danced on the side of the road

in a church parking lot.

sacred encounter,

holy midst

blessed revival of spirit.

may all of you

have a moment of surprise

a moment of awe

a moment of sacred encounter of the ordinary kind

and

be changed .