Sometimes you look at an empty valley
       like this
and suddenly the air is filled with snow.
That is the way the world happened—
there was nothing and then…..

But maybe sometime you will look out and even
the mountains are gone, the world becoming nothing
again. What can a person do to help
bring back the world?

We have to watch it and then look at each other.
Together we hold it close and carefully
save it, like a bubble that can disappear 
if we don’t watch out.

Please think about this as you go on. Breathe
on the world. Hold out your hands to it.
When mornings and evenings roll along,
watch how they open and close, how they
invite you to the long party your life is.