Chasing Fireflies

 I want you to do something for me.  When you wake up tomorrow morning or when you go to bed (whichever comes first) ponder your "Essence", your "Being."  You are starting out on a brand new day as yesterday is gone or has it, really?  Isn't one more day just a continuation of the first day you were entered into Earth's Journal?  How is it that you are consciously aware of things?  What is conscience anyway?  What is your Essence?  What is your Being?  What is the soul?  How is it that the sight of a tiny humming bird makes you gaze in wonder?  How is it that the smile of a newborn brings you such joy?  How is it that you can feel the caress of a soft breeze and marvel at the beauty of a sunset?  How is it that you seek out others for companionship?-- For without a partner you are not whole but only half.  How is it that you are saddened when you see others being treated unfairly?  How is it that you feel loss?  How is it that you feel grief and love, anger, humiliation, remorse, despair, rage?  How is it that you are able to forgive, console, counsel, contemplate, ponder and make decisions?  How is it that you can see a rainbow of colors and smell the beauty of a rose? How is it that you are able to store so many experiences inside one very small brain?  How is it that you can clasp hands and form a circle with others but, like an electrical circuit, when one part is broken (one person breaks the chain) the connection is lost?   When are we all going to understand that in the eyes of God we are an unbroken chain, a sweet melody, His Masterpiece, His Divine work of art?  That we were created by something much bigger  than we could ever imagine?   We break out of our nine month hiatus onto a blank canvas.  We already have the paint all over us as as we sputter and cry and flail around until we find our moorings.  As we grow, we slowly start to unfold and blossom on canvas like a beautiful flower.  We are all the colors of the rainbow and when combined, form a beautiful tapestry.   We are  star dust sprinkled across the heavens.  We are sparks of Light, Fireflies, that soar and dance and mesmerize.  We are the Hawk, the Eagle the Bear the Wolf.  We are Black and White, Red and Brown, Tawny and Yellow.  We are monumental.  We are Elemental--Earth, Air, Fire and Water.  We are the Sun, the Moon, the Planets, the Stars.   We, my dears, are the universe!  But we do ourselves a grave disservice when we opt to continue in separateness by petty bickering, fear, disagreements, selfishness, grudges, vindictiveness and Ego.  It's time we let the canvas explode with color!  We are here to paint one beautiful picture.  We are the paintbrush and God is the canvas.  We are an integral part of  His Universal Divine Plan.  If we stand  united together we will paint one beautiful picture.  Separate us from His canvas and it slowly starts to dry out, crack and disintegrate.  We are the problem but we are also the solution.  Isn't it time for a self portrait?  The canvas is waiting.