Recovering the Moment

When my friend said casually but also seriously a couple of days ago, "I'm thinking about starting a blog," it served to unearth for me an almost forgotten nugget.  Excited for what Candy's blog might bring forth, I was also somehow intrigued to re-visit my own.  Amazingly, I did remember the name of this blog for which the most recent post was October 2012.  Almost nine years ago.

To explain the gap of time and neglect of posting would take more expertise and exploration than my mind can fathom.  I will not even try.  Suffice it to say that I am grateful to be reminded of this platform for inviting my attention and expression.  I am as convinced today as then that the heart of each moment is worth catching, that it is real and precious.

So let's return to the moment which motivated my return to blogging.  With three friends, I was sitting outside a downtown cafe, enjoying light conversation, watching Tuesday morning Main Street activity, and sipping iced tea.  It was an ordinary moment but also a graced moment.

There's the clincher.  Ordinary, yet graced.  All too often, we step over the ordinary while peering straight ahead in search of the spectacular.  The moment was graced merely by the joy of gathering with friends in the beauty of the outdoors in our much loved small town.  

The identifying heartbeat thumped amidst the enjoyment of time with familiar folks in a familiar place and through attention to these.  That I was taken almost immediately to my own personal interest with Candy's comment did not diminish my enthusiasm for hers.  It made me grateful that the stream of her desire had re-tapped my own.  

For me, the heart of this moment is named "connection," and the connection is rooted first of all in the friendships and in the care that sustains the friendships.   There's no explaining where it all begins and no envisioning where it may lead.

It leads me now to recovering the moment that birthed this blog in 2012.  It energizes me for sharpening my antenna to catch signals for the real and precious heart of any moment - and occasionally to take time to reflect and express.  It affirms my gratitude for connections.