Day 2

Many years ago, I participated in a quinceañera, the celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. It's a big deal in the Latino community. 

The event was to begin promptly at 4pm at the Episcopal church. Everyone knows how prompt Episcopal services are. Not this one. Guests, and even the quinceañera girl, trickled in. The excuse: "too few minutes". 

That's how I feel this morning as I greet this new day of Advent in Taos. 

I'm on retreat, but there is so much I want to do. I suppose retreats can be filled with activities. 

Hikes. Movies. Massages. Shopping. And, of course, blue corn enchiladas. 

And cuppas. 

Now this day, this moment, I will stop and ponder what God is telling me, what God is showing me for how I am to walk forward. 

Too few minutes for play. Never too few minutes to listen. To hear. 

"Let my soul be greening with the living light".  Hildegard of Bingen.