Prayer - Leslie Lanes

[Lawrence Robinson]


Prayer

I worked in the garden today.
Fingers in dirt,
Weeds loosening easily in the moist soil,
Old branches pruned away…
first buds of flowers
Pushing through to the sun.

I thought of my experiences of land in the places I’ve been in the world.
Connected with one piece of land
Is a connection with all.
Love and connection with one person is a connection to all.

Gratefulness fills my awareness. I am grateful for the soft earth,
the rocks,
the soil,
all the water,
the native plants,
the oaks and all the animals -domesticated and wild- the plants and groves that give us this food, the people by way of a long journey who have brought it to us…and so much more.

May I continue in my partnership with friends,
community
and the natural world…
keeping my attention on the promptings of Spirit.

May I remember the larger cycles that are at work…
death and rebirth…chaos and order… decay and fruiting…despair and grace…untangling and re-weaving.

In this equinox season may I bring the balance needed into the only world where my hand and heart have its reign -
this one,
right here ,
right now.
I 
	- Leslie Lanes