Simple Pleasures

Hello, there. Indeed it has been far too long since I have written a blog. I get bombarded with all the things I want to write about, all the issues I want to talk about, all the listed items I need to go over, all the many things that I want to tell you about. This list in my head goes on and on and on, whether that is with fair trade, or the origin of coffee, or how we can fight the sex trade, or what God is doing in my life, or the major issues that our country is currently battling and debating over. I mean this list seriously is never ending, of pleasures and pains and justice and growth. I get bombarded with my life, with that 'to-do list' that never gets done. Since we need to go over all these many a things, I decided to start simple. 

    The simple pleasures in life. Because with all this mumbo jumbo we constantly get mixed up in we need those simple pleasures. In order to stay sane in the chaotic calamity of our lives we need those pleasures that give us a true happiness and a hope that everything will be okay. We need that simplicity when we are trying to fight for something and everyone in the world is telling us not too, but every fiber of our own being is telling us YES. We need those random, peace bringing joys to keep us going, to keep reminding us of hope and beauty. 

"A bird among the rain wet lilac sings - 

But we, how shall we turn to little things

And listen to the birds and winds and streams

Made holy by their dreams

Nor feel the heart-break in

The heart of things"

   -Wilford, Wilson

There is a magical tune, that when strummed is the pulse of the beating of our hearts. That when played helps lead our voices in the song we are to sing. There is a light chorus being played above our heads that guides us in our days, there is a beauty in our days that allows us to live in the present, a light that shines through our eyes that allows not only others to see it but allows us to see the details in the grain of our lives. We often go without this. So easy we get so tangled, so lost, so confused, so overwhelmed. 

There is too much beauty, too much truth that lies in the harmony of our days. How could we possibly conquer the big issues, defeat the giants, or overcome the adversity and struggles that face us? How could we live in the midst of the chaos if our eyes aren't focused on the serenity behind it. I love seeing the simplistic things in life, because those tend to be the most beautiful, those tend to be the sanity to my chaos. The best days are when my spirit is aligned with nature, aligned with simple truth and beauty that is so alive that is carries the power and strength to overcome and change the world.