Fields, Skies and Gratitude - The Way of Phi in Practice -

Crop fields grounded in the Earth – Clear skies reaching into Space

Dear  friend,

Looking out over the wheat fields

And above them the clear blue sky

I am struck by the beautiful balance

As the wheat draws nourishment from both earth and sky,

So too do we: walking on the ground, breathing the air

Without either, we are lost

When we lose our grounding,

Forgetting whence we come or whither we go,

It is easy to feel forlorn

When we lose touch with our breath,

Failing to receive the breath that sustains us,

We struggle to accomplish much

Yet, how easy it is to take these things for granted,

To forget the simple gifts that hold us upright

As fields and sky conjoin, 

they create the harvest that nourishes our lives

Gratitude is what keeps us connected

– To nature

– To each other

– To ourselves

With gratitude, 

Christopher