Synchronicity, Hope, and Kindness

I want to tell you what happened with my meditation class this morning. It's an example of synchronicity, which always gives me hope and faith that we really do connect to and with a power greater than ourselves. That our hearts are being listened to.

I knew I wanted to use the Metta or Lovingkindness meditation, in which we send sincere wishes for happiness to ourselves and others. Today, I felt it was important to focus on sending those intentions to OURSELVES. There are many variations of the phrases, but I use:

𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒

𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦

𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦

𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 (or at peace)

I also felt drawn to finding a Mary Oliver poem as the opening seed for the class - something that would connect nicely to the Metta practice. Originally, I thought of the poem, 𝑰 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅, and went to find it in a book of Oliver poems called 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕.

I opened the book randomly and landed on page 62, where I found the poem, 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎.

And when I read it, I smiled, because I knew the universe had sent me to the right poem. I want to share it with you here.

May we be the ducks when we are able.

And may there be ducks to shelter US when we need it

And, kindness IS a miracle.