peace

Today, I found myself at complete peace. This afternoon, I headed to a big ass picnic with beautiful people. People that make me smile and jump and relax and energize and laugh and sing. We went to the most beautiful park that I had no idea existed. I found enough joy in simply realizing this park was there. It's fields and trees and flowers and streams and beauty. After a few minutes of folks pretending to be athletic, we walked down to a stream. I saw a huge tree with huge vines hanging on them and promptly sat on the biggest one to swing. It was beautiful and calm. You could see where the vines began growing and continued to grow. A large branch had fallen off of one tree and was caught in another and the big vine began to attach and grow to the new branch. It just made me think about how long trees grow and how they change and how old they get and how generations can experience the same tree, in different ways. Anyway, we then made our way down to the creek and walked in the soothing water and played in mud and clay. When we walked back, I picked some honeysuckle which I haven't had in the longest time and it was oh so good. Then I just sat on a blanket with some folks and was frequently visited by a moth that kept doing something, I don't know what, on my hands and feet. Jessie made a beautiful daisy crown and plopped it on my head. I felt wonderful. I was completely at peace this afternoon. And to make it even better, people knew it and would point it out. I am in love with today, with the earth, with amazing people, and with the good in this world.