where to begin
awake in the dark
a luminous aurora-like light dancing
along the skirt of the mountains
where to begin
the astonishing quiet
but for the shush of the Cottonwood trees
the creek
the top of the peak
where
my heart burst open to the sky with joy
here
alone in this Place
my breath mingling with heaven
nothing between me and infinite space
where to begin
begin here
"How we love one thing is how we love everything."
-Father Richard Rohr