~ The World ... An Invitation ~

It's all around -
a world
inviting you
to run in joy-filled and
drink up within soul-fiber,
all that He has created for
YOU!

The forest's ... mountains ... ocean ... desert -

All of it for
you.

Glorious palette sunrises and sunsets
painted streaked across endless sky
with the touch of
His finger.

Billowing clouds held in perfect awe
by light and shadow
mirroring eye to behold shapes and creations.

Melodies of inspiring music that touch your
very innermost being,
when nothing else can.

Wind twirling dancing through hair
like laughter swirling ...
Sun kissing skin
drenching body fiber with gentle warmth
beyond compare.

Birds singing, flowers blossoming, black canopy sky
studded
with a zillion diamonds strewn across vast eternity ...

All of this for
you.

The world is a glorious invitation on the edge of forever ...
jump in ... partake. Thirst for it.  Drink it up.
It's been waiting for you.

~ Just Bloom ~

The sign on the old wooden fence said:
"Bloom Where You Are Planted."

I've read this quote many times.  Have seen it posted in various corners of the world.
And of course have seen it designed on the cute side, with a touch of
Martha Stewart lingering in the creations.

Why then, did these simple words - so often spoken in so many ways, so many places -
take hold, and shake-awake my tired beating heart?
Why do my thoughts keep returning and pondering and thinking deep, many days -
these words?

Time has passed since this visual picture was burned into my synapses and soul-abyss.  

And I have wondered - what if I don't want to bloom?  Why do I have to stay planted?

And then the thought came at that very moment:

"you don't have to stay planted ... bloom where you are planted."

I have also discovered in this little life journey since the 'heart-awakening' - 

that on the days where I don't have the energy, or the will, or the desire, 

or the passion, or the know-how

to "bloom" ...

that He - my Savior of my soul,

my Redeemer of depth abyss,

the one who in all suffering did what He did  for me,

out of pure unconditional love -

fills in the discouraging places 

to help me just bloom.  Even when I don't want to.

It's the least thing I can do in return.

It is in this moment

that I know

with Him,

I can just bloom.

Wherever I go.

Whoever I come across.

What I say.

What I do.

What I think.

How I feel.

It has been said, that with God everything is possible.

If this is true, then I - with Him alongside, 

and within my heart,

can bloom.

Flowers have it in their DNA

to bloom.

No matter where they are planted.

Even in concrete, rocky, untamed earth.

I then wonder - do I as well?

Yes.  I do.  We all do.

With Him.

We were created to bloom.