The smell of coffee and some soft music coming from my computer. None of the apps or streaming I have work here. Kind of a forced withdrawal. Books are my friends. Particularly, Richard Wagamese and his book called “Embers” One Ojibway’s Meditations. As I read his words I stop and I think.
Here on page 147 he says, “I walk with the scars of a lifetime of living.” Six and a half decades I walk with scars, memories and courage. To be here is to be affected, made more! I am here on this lake, wondering about writing a paper that I cannot put my finger on what the prof wants. He’s asking for Indigenous theology from a personal journey perspective and yet it is to be academic with Chicago style referencing and sources. So to be here, is to be affected ….
On the lake yesterday, I was watching the shore and the birds and the water …. spirit was rippling the water, pushing me with her wind. I suppose I must push against the wind with this paper too! My theme is the theology of creation. That is very fitting to look at it through an indigenous lens with an Irish eye.
I am changing all the time. Loving my journey. Do you love your journey? Are you experiencing every minute of every day? Taking the time to find joy, look through happiness, steep yourself in gratefulness? To be here, in this moment, is to be made more and to be affected. The next moment is affected with this one.
Savour and care where you are, always!
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