So here we are.  Each day of our lives.  In our own little bodies, doing our own little things.  S0me people do for themselves.  Some people do for others.

Life.

Yet somehow…. I think that feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life.

You see….. being alive assures us of many new situations.  All the time.   It could be anything anywhere.  Heck… fixing a peanut butter sandwich is a new situation.  And everything changes.  I’ve said it a hundred times before…. and yet… that is even subject to change.  Yep.  Things sure do change.

Nature has a way of  reminding us of change.    When we take notice of the cycle of life…. anywhere…..  in the trees and plants and animals …..  well… it helps.  The natural world gives comfort to many of us.

It helps us to remember that everything is in constant state of rearrangement and reordering.   Everything is in a constant place of transformation.   Beauty in these “life-things” is present if we look for it.   The natural world is a bit of a miracle, if you ask me.

Sensing something larger and external to ourselves can be very meaningful in connecting to… and accepting all this change which is about us.

Today I saw the deer pictured above.  She was in our meadow.  Both … the deer and the meadow….  much larger than me.

The universe…  much, much, much larger than me.   And I am reminded….

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” – Joseph Campbell