At One With All Things

After my usual sitting meditation I like to do a bit of walking meditation. I like to meander our neighborhood and the ones adjacent. I then like to walk along a path behind the hospital which is always a good reminder to me of impermanence.

The other day I was walking along and came across a beautiful, red breasted robin. I began whistling along with it and then I thought, "I am apart of this bird as we both share the color red. In his/her feathers and in my goatee."

Then I came across a young boy who was skate boarding in his drive-way and I thought back on my childhood and realized that I was also this boy. I use to skate board for hours on end.

I move on.

As I did I heard the distinct call of a chickadee and began to call it and we had a lovely conversation back and forth as I walked past his perch.

I was in the moment and at One with all things.

-Peace to all beings-