I love a beautiful yard....but I love for someone else to do it. I called for my gardener to come put mulch on; in the meantime, I hired someone to clean up the front yard. It already makes a difference. I can remember my mother, when we lived in the old house, dragging that hose out to the three flower beds we had in the side yard. That was meditation for her, I liked to think.
Cleaning out the rubbish of our lives is important. Now that I am in my 70s, I know that for a fact. Forgetting what lies behind, and pressing on--the Bible says it. Remembering all of it but not allowing it to weigh you down mentally or spiritually is a real part of living and continuing to grow. This came back to hit me yesterday as the newsmen were talking about Hilary Clinton, who is 69, and Joe Biden, who is 74. Both of them will be older than I am now after they have won and served a term. But age is not counting them out; why should I allow it to count me out!
Teilhard de Chardin was a brilliant man --in many fields and he left many quotes about the pilgrimage we face: "You are not on a spiritual journey; you are a spirit on a human journey." Those words are telling!
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