July 4, 2005

  • New Zealand, 5th July, 2005


    I was just outside sitting under my back porch roof. And I was overtaken by a wondrous feeling of LIFE. Even now sitting at my computer I can still feel the afterglow of those moments.
    Everywhere I looked I saw the ebb and flow of life.


    At this moment the wind is racking through the trees


    In the distance, the sea is covered with white capped waves.


    New Zealands bird life is flitting all around me.


    Tuis, Fantails, Rosellas, Woodpigeons, Quail and Minor birds.


    The sounds and motion of Life fill me with such peace, and yet….


    I am also filled with the energy and excitement of just being alive


    Alive to experience this moment, this sacred moment of Being.


    Alive,


    Breathing, feeling the air filling my lungs with sweet, sweet oxygen and life.


    Hearing, filled with the rushing sounds of trees rocking to and fro,


    slapping the dead branches off of each other, making way for new growth, new life.


    Seeing, filled with the beauty of dark, heavy rolling clouds scudding through the morning sky.


    Feeling my heart pumping life through my body.


    Yeah for a beating heart!


    Yeah for a body that’s still alive!


    And yeah for pacemakers (I got one five years ago).


    Oh yes, and KNOWING....


    Knowing that I am inseparably connected to all that is, and...


    Knowing all that is, is inseparably, eternally, connected to me.


     


    All this to say….. 


    It’s a hip hop happy morning, on a flip flop flappy day


    Storm clouds all are warning, that rain will come our way


    But there’s no need to worry, ‘cause everything’s OK


    It’s a flip flop flappy, slip slop slappy, hip hop happy day


    It’s a flip flop flappy, slip slop slappy, hip hop happy day


    Ole!!!!


     


    I’ll be back!!!  (maybe)