03/01/2010 - Daily Prayer

The American poet, John Burroughs, wrote: The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is “look under foot.” You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the centre of the world.
It is easy to get distracted and look for life’s treasures and rewards as something to be found in the far-off future, in another place, or as somehow unattainable in the here and now.
However this is not true. In every place and every moment there is an opportunity to encounter the sacred.
May the Holy One of Blessing open our eyes so we may see the daily miracles of life, and open our hearts so we can enjoy them. May this be God’s will--AMEN