Friday, January 27, 2012

Dear Snow Famly,

I'm not sure if I want to single one of you out or share with you as a group..I am just blown away at how this beautiful photo has captured the grandeur of both your individual and group life. You embody the phrase: "pearls of wisdom"!  And it puts a smile on my face to note that sister stone has carved a heart space within which to hold you.

For those humans who have not yet come to know the community experience lived within the natural world, this picture depicts it in a truly magical way.  Trying to grasp the totality of numerous gems that create the whole is in itself awesome!  Each glistening bead gifts its own uniqueness in order to grow the depth and richness of the family.

What you are also making me aware of is that this current "magical expression" can be a very short lived one depending upon weather conditions.  You create and give in the moment....and how easily such a treasure can be missed by we humans when we are "moving to fast".   You do not ask to live long...but that the gift you give might be long in our hearts!   Give me/each of us, the gift and willingness to live in the moment so that we do not miss what is being offered to us each day from your family and all of the families within the web of life.

I'm going on and on dear Snow Family, what is it that you would like to share with me/us today dear family..
I/we would truly love to hear your Wisdom.

Dear Assunta,
We will speak as a whole as that is who and how we are.  You have touched on the key piece we would like to offer you, "The Gift of Community".  Your culture has grown very "individual"and that is not bad. Yet, focusing to much on your individuality short changes you and your world family. 

When individuals can come together and form a greater whole...what you can accomplish is stronger and much more far reaching...  Again, we are not denying our individuality, but we are saying that coming together and working together toward a common goal has assets that you humans have yet to experience.

....and that wholeness is not exclusive!!  Take a good look at the "pearls" as you named us, resting in stone's heart...they are all sizes..some broken and some seeming so small they have nothing to offer... not true..
without each and everyone of us...your beautiful picture would not exist!  Your culture has had a hard time with welcoming and embracing the stranger.  Let that fear go...and you will find that the so called stranger has much to offer. 

If we as a family had not been welcomed and embraced by members of the stone family our common creation would have had a very different outcome.  The stone family in their differing shapes, sizes and colors has enhanced the gift offered to you.

And finally we would strongly embrace the idea of being in the moment...If the photographer, had not been doing just that...this photo would not exist.  Enjoy each moment...embrace one another and take note of the beauty that can be created...the healing that can be given and the love that can be expressed and shared.

Dear Family of Snow and Stone...
First of all Stone family, forgive me for initially missing you and your impact. I saw it but did not express it and honor it.
Each time I  share with our family members in the natural world, I wonder what will happen.. and each time I am awed and amazed.  Thank you so much for your wisdom, love and beauty.