While journeying through cancer, Debbie embraced Nature as her companion, teacher and healer. She recognized Nature as the storyteller and was eager for new revelations with each meditation. Enjoy her journal reflections.
I once again hear the call of
the Master Gardener
telling me that it is time.
Drawing me with
heart palpitating excitement
cloaked in the warm, soft breeze
and intoxicating fresh spring air
the garden welcomes me.
It is time to discover and uncover
the delights and surprises of Mother Earth.
What will bloom this year?
What roses will come back for another season?
What needs to be thinned so others can breathe?
What needs more space?
What area needs a different color?
What needs a little help to stand tall and strong?
Like an artist's palette
I paint a picture in each garden
creating and soaking in the beauty,
lost to time as I uncover, clean and rake.
Deborah Marqui
Reflection
There is a difference between solitude and loneliness. When we are lonely we become sharply aware of our separation from others. Solitude brings us home into that interior silence where we find what we were looking for – the God St. Catherine of Siena calls the “Mad Lover,” the God who has fallen madly in love with creation.
“When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of the forest. When your imagination is silent, the forest speaks to you, tells you of its unreality and the Reality of God. But when your mind is silent, then the forest suddenly becomes magnificently real and blazes transparently with the Reality of God.” ~ Thomas Merton