All Things Matter

Luke 17:21

Nor will they say “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!” 

For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.

If God is anywhere, He is on an elevator at Mayo Clinic, warming the plump hand of the boy holding mine.  We are, all of us here for this moment, one body.  The tender contemplations of life blur and blend with each soft exhale.

And so it is, that my father’s death is also Good Friday,

The neighbor’s divorce, and

The birth of a tree frog whose chortle will keep me from sleep when I leave the windows open in late July.

We are one, God is everywhere and all things matter.

In this confined stillness, the complex beauty of comfort and discomfort is infinite. Transformation is everywhere.  We are a constant moving expression of God’s love. and I realize the first step is always right now.

The warm hand of the boy squeezes mine and he smiles as the elevator doors ring,  releasing us back into the waiting arms of this magnificent world.