Thank you, Divine Mother, for my beautiful chapel, for my red bench pew, for my pine tree altar, as I am attended by the soul birds around me. (Is it an accident that angels are depicted with wings?)
Sitting on my red pew, drinking my rich brown, morning coffee in the flowered chalice offered by my daughter, I am at one with the Divine, the Good Earth, the way of peace.
The tiny kinglet darts back and forth above my head, playing in the dusty green leaves of Florida’s fall. The red-capped chipping sparrow eats peacefully at the feeders, unperturbed by my presence. And far off, the winter-brown bluebird sings, his voice, at least, not camouflaged by the long nights and short days before winter solstice.
Back inside, I light the candle on the piano altar, and two other candles around the room, warming this “inside chapel” of my living room with spirit light. Gently, my fingers touch the two feathers next to the Tibetan bell, a tiny bluebird feather, a richly colored cardinal feather.
And I smile with the joy of waking up, waking up to the pleasures of the spiritual life, of the clarion call, of the golden circle, of the blank pages of the day.
To love morning.
This is to be alive.
Here.
In the garden.
inthegardenofthedivine 