Extraordinary Ordinary

“...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.” 
― Orhan Pamuk, Snow

Light thin dust coating everything in site...

everything just looks white

with a bit of glisten as rays of light strike their 

unique spots.

I stand in awe at the wonder of such an 

ordinary morning but then 

take a closer look

tiny little particles 

so 

small it is impossible to

differentiate where one ends and another begins

uniquely shaped but

yet somehow joined together 

life

sometimes

seems

so ordinary

so mundane

but 

when one looks 

closer

allows space for Holy magnificence 

to overtake

us...

then

even the tiniest

smallest of 

ordinary

can 

and 

will become

extraordinary.

Today

many of us prepare ourselves for

Advent festivities

for a baby in a manger

for star shining brightly

for smelly shepherds and wise magi

moving toward 

something

bigger than themselves

........

May each of us

take just a moment

and

allow the wonder of

ordinary---no matter what that may be in your world---

to simply 

overtake you

....

It will be Extraordinary

much like

the layer of white dust 

I see on the ground

upon closer look

something so

uniquely

extraordinary it cannot fully be described

other

than

wonder!

Blessings to each of you this holiday season.....

the radical rambler