We spent the first part of our day going over the goals we set for our family at the beginning of the New Year. Again, we're filled with gratitude for what we've accomplished but struck by so many things we've left undone.
Above all, I’m full of awe about the unexpected events happening in our lives and the lives of those around us: Friends have moved out of state. Some have quit their jobs and others have gone into new professions. A couple has become pregnant just before the husband's vasectomy. Some are recovering from surgeries. I've made new friends through unbelievable synchronicities.
In the later part of the day, I heard about a friend who is going through a lot of trouble away from home. It felt as though she was being swept over by waves and was drowning in the middle of a tempestuous sea. Because the problem she was going through was complex, there was nothing I could do but say a prayer with friends for her.
My eyes opened once more to the pain and suffering in the world. The millions of hungry children, the fate of countless homeless men and women, the neglected elders and terminally ill dying away from the gaze of the world, the many people dying of curable disease and the millions killed in unnecessary wars.
The sun is setting now this beautiful Pacific Northwest day and my heart is torn between the joys and sorrows of life around me.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
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