When, living in the present in profound attentiveness, we experience "timeless moments" of radical present and Presence, we come very near to God.
~ from TO EVERYTHING A SEASON by Bonnie Thurston
Beauty is before me
And beauty is behind me
Above and below me hovers the beautiful
I am surrounded by it
I am immersed in it
In my youth I am aware of it
And in old age I shall walk quietly
The beautiful trail.