“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”

– Anatole France

Will you take a walk with me?  I am not sure where we will go, but I do know that when we reach our destination we will know it.  The path is Life, and its trail is blazed with beauty.  All we will need for our journey is the heartfelt desire to follow the beauty laid before us.  Travel light.  Let your heart see the path.  Drink in the wonder that lies all around you.  The grass at your feet will cushion them and keep your footsteps silent.  The air around you will swirl with the scents of flowers and trees and soil.  It will carry the aroma of food to nourish you.  It will kiss your face and dry the sweat from your brow when the days grow hot and steamy.  The rain will fall and send water for you to drink.  It will wash away the dust of the road and make the whole world sparkle in a fresh new way that will change the way you see it.  Snowflakes will fall when the harvest is done and blanket the earth all around with crystals of white.  Still you will walk, your feet clad in boots to keep out the cold; and on frosty, silent winter days you will discover the beauty that dwells within you.  It will hold you close and lift your spirits until Spring returns and calls you outside to play.

Wherever you walk, remember to use the eyes of your heart.  Take in the beauty that lies all around.  Follow the beauty that blazes your trail.  As your heart grows in beauty, its understanding will also grow, and the journey will fill you with joy.  Where will it end?  We really don’t know; but I have a suspicion that the time will come when we stand in such Beauty that we have no desire to walk beyond the trail’s end.  When our hearts become one with this fulfillment of our journey, we will kick off our shoes and walk no more.  Then we will dance in the Light of Creation and know that, at last, we are home.