March 25th, 2017

I only know this: it is too late for me to be up.  However, I thought it would be a good thing to write a little bit before going to bed.  

I received an email from a friend tonight that had a link to a wonderful map.  I'll insert the link right here.  https://www.meteorshowers.org/#Eta%20Aquariids

It's a map of our universe, with several planets that circle round the sun.  The date is listed, and every August, I could see Earth moving through a dust cloud that results in the Perseid Meteor Showers. It was a moving map,

and I could see the meteors and the dust and the planets - all moving and interacting. It was wonderful.  and then, by choosing from the drop down box - or other little boxes - I could see different meteor showers and when the Earth would pass through them...or I could see everything happening at once, or see the view from Earth...definitely one of my new favorite websites.  Omigoodness...how small I felt, yet how connected I felt..."I am a part of all that..."


And I noticed how happy I was to hear from him.  I don't know him well, meeting him the May before I accepted the job here in NY.  We've spent a little time over email, and I saw him at a Quaker gathering almost a year ago.  He seems like a kind soul, and has shared his love of music and musings, and I feel a kinship with him in these things. 

And my heart lifted when I saw his email - a familiar soul.  that's it...someone familiar with whom I have been able to

share some spiritual space with.  I can feel the lack of that here - not so much the spiritual space, but sharing it with someone.  So maybe it's time for me to open myself up to it, and see what turns up.  


And maybe spend a little more time in a Meeting...stop with the "I don't know which one to go to" and just go.  Period.   Maybe ignore the pull to go to work and sing in my living room...maybe hang my pictures...maybe listen a little harder as I wait for my laundry to finish its cycle in the machine.  And maybe, simply finish this post tomorrow after I've grabbed some shut-eye.

I do think, though, that the "shifting" will be in the doing, rather than the "maybe," so let me be more definitive right now:  G'Night, Moon.