Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Perfect Day

You are like the breathtaking view in the morning as the sun just creeps up over the horizon. The first wisps of clouds radiate in hues of yellow and orange and fade into blue sky. Blue sky that chases the blackness of night from ones eyes. The first morning has broken upon this fresh new world. The freshness of dew on the tender stalks of green grass shimmer in the morning heat. The day is begun.

Over time, the dew warms and rises into the air, silently, barely visibly like heavens rising. The birds and beasts make their routines of rounding up their young who have arisen greeting their days with a hunger and thirst of new things. Wonderful things, that never were. They soak up their brightly lit surroundings and explore. Midday is upon us.

You are like the midday. The learned, and the scholarly could not penetrate this newfound knowledge. Only the humble and innocent can. This time is for a rest period where upon, your smile shines down upon the world. It brightens all corners and all dark spaces. No good thing will hid. Rather, they, like me, stand arms spread wide to avail ourselves in this, your midday sun.

You are like the afternoon of the first day. That time when all things good and righteous come together and gather food and drink to celebrate the bounty of life. That time when shadows grow long but are welcome to the many that have played hard and long. The time when family is strongest. The trees and the flowers and the birds and the beasts of the world begin to settle and rest, for evening is coming and the time of celebration is upon us.

You are like the evening. The sun slips below the horizon setting the sky ablaze with fire. The first of many stars twinkle to life like the sparks of your soul. That, the sky can shine so brightly and without fear is a testament to your everlasting heart. The evening brings together all things. The fires are lit as stories are told. Stories of valor and strength. Victories over enemies of evil and wickedness. Stories of kings and queens and flights of magical machines fill the air all in honor of you. The celebration continues late into the night with the children laughing and singing until their weary eyes cannot stay open any longer and the parents put their little ones to restful slumber.

And finally you are like the complete and whole of a great day. For in this place, and in this time, all that is good and all that is loving and all that is peaceful and all that is right in this world is a testament to you.

You are a Perfect Day.