Definitions -

Invasive weeds?

Or a lovely bouquet of spring flowers?

Who decides?

I loved the ‘reality check’ of it all…

A friends comment to me 

after a recent post 

where I declared that 

“I am a pilgrim”. 

She laughingly said that was true 

whether I had, 

or used, 

a passport or not – 

 that one of her favorite things about me 

was my ability to

always see 

the sacred 

in the ordinary. 

Another friend 

described me 

(and the work I do) 

saying

"There isn't a tougher job 

in the whole hospital 

and she manages to do it 

day after day 

with compassion 

and fury 

and humor". 

I'm sure some folks

on the receiving end 

of some of that fury

would NOT share 

the love

that went into

either of 

those descriptions.

Getting glimpses of how others see us 

can be scary  

and wonderful

and quite unlike

how we see ourselves.

One's destination is never a place 

but rather 

a new way of looking at things. 

 Henry Miller

Obviously, 

I had plenty of time 

to have my mind wander

while driving back 

from court yesterday.