From St. Francis of Assisi~

"No one lives outside the walls of this sacred place, existence." 

~St. Francis of Assisi, 12th century Italian Saint.

This morning I started my day with this beloved Saint.  I hope he inspires you as much as he did me.

WRING OUT MY CLOTHES

Such love does

the sky now pour,

that whenever I stand in a field,

I have to wring out the light

when I get

home.

~ St. Francis of Assisi 1182-1226

I don't know about you, but my task for this day is to apply these words to my experience of living like a kind of holy salve and then simply notice what magic occurs.

And then again, perhaps it's something about Italian fields that basks one in a kind of indescribable radiance, because during our visit to Tuscany last spring I couldn't help but run through the fields doing ecstatic dances.