What do you intend to experience today? Where will you put your focus? At the end of the day what will you remember about today and what will you tell others about? Will you share the experiences that caused you to be angry, happy, mad, or the ones that filled you with love? Life like the clouds is filled with wonderful things waiting to be shared. It doesn't matter what the weather is doing, what really matters is what I intend and where I have my focus.

Clouds, sit in a quiet space, close your eyes. What thoughts arise? Allow them to blow in and out with ease.

Over the last few days, I have had the most amazing celebration of my birth. My beloved took me on a trip to ocean shores in Washington State. On the day, we arrive it was cloudy and very overcast. None of that mattered I was at the beach. I heard the ocean roar and I was able to walk on the sand and enjoy the day. For this reason, I create a happy list. It is the one thing that reminds me of what it is that I love when I am stuck in a not so good mood.

It is funny how we can feel that we will be stuck in this mood forever when in fact just like the clouds it will pass and once again we will be on the beach of life. What I learned from nature this week as I watched the clouds roll in was to look for the beauty in everything. We had the honor of driving through the rain forest on one of the days and one minute it was sunny, the next it was overcast, and the next it was raining. It was beautiful. I could focus on the weather but instead I focused on the love that I was receiving from my beloved and the 1000 years old tree. I sat nessled in the tree and sent it love for being here to remind me that today is temporary and this moment regardless of how good it may feel or how sad I may be is only here for a moment. Grow roots that are strong, deep, and embedded in love. Stand tall and look for the good in all things.

A few miles down the road was this magnificent water fall. It was cloudy and raining yet none of that was important because my focus was on the beauty of the moment and this magnificent expression of nature showing me how to live. Show your beauty everyday. Get up and go with the flow and take adventures as often as you can. Allow life to excite you and follow your heart it knows the way.

Watching the clouds as they rolled in and out reminded me of this reading and that regardless of what is happening in this moment I have power. I have power to choose where I put my focus and what I choose to see. Clouds can be what ever I want to make them and today I choose to see good.

I love you,

Rev Allen