Spirit in Motion

I was writing up the curriculum for my E-Book Club podcasts as I was lying in bed. We signed the papers for my father to receive Hospice services yesterday. After going to bed early last night, this morning I was still emotionally exhausted.

I heard a dove calling from the front of the house. That’s funny, I haven’t heard a dove here for over a year. It triggered fond memories and immediately brought peace and love to my heart. I looked up the message of the dove symbolism: The dove represents peace of the deepest kind. It soothes and quiets our worried or troubled thoughts, enabling us to find renewal in the silence of the mind. The dove’s singing is most prevalent when the veils between the physical and spiritual worlds are thought to be at their thinnest – first thing in the morning and the last thing at night – again representing a link between two divergent domains.

Doves teach us that, regardless of external circumstances, peace is always a touch away – within us – and always available. http://www.pure-spirit.com/more-animal-s…/602-dove-symbolism

I sat and sank into the sounds of the dove. I felt Sylvia’s presence join me, my dear friend, who passed several years ago, and I was emotionally transported into a memory that we shared. One summer while I was working on my doctorate I visited her in Hawaii for ten days. Every morning I woke at 4:00, sat in bed and wrote my doctoral dissertation. I got six or more hours of uninterrupted writing in until Sylvia was awake and ready to enjoy the day. Each morning when I woke it was dark out. By about 5:00 there was a hint of light triggering the birds to start singing. Their serenade echoed throughout the hills of the neighborhood, and it sounded like the birds were convening outside my window. There were some songbirds with beautiful, melodious voices and a lot of doves. Their singing was quite loud for about 10 minutes, I would stop writing, not because I meant to, but because my heart, brain, and spirit would get carried away with the wonder, the beauty and gift of the moment. Tears came to my eyes with gratitude. Here I was in the paradise of Hawaii with the person I was closest to in the world, with no responsibilities except writing and having fun, and surrounded by this amazing gift from nature. Every morning I looked forward to this time.

Here 21 years later, I was transposed into these memories as if they were yesterday. I remember that time with Sylvia with such fondness and gratitude. The term “Spirit in Motion” came to my mind symbolizing that at that time of my life I was in pure alignment with my purpose, my heart, and my spirit. Everything was in sync and as it should be.

I felt Sylvia’s presence join me reminding me of the specialness of that time together. She showed me that she is with me now while I am walking through my father’s transition, and writing up my E-Book Club curriculum. And once again I am Spirit in Motion.