What Miracle do you see today?

The sun is out and the air fresh and crisp. I can hear the birds singing as spring creeps towards us. In our back yard we have a sculpture of St. Francis of Assisi. Sitting to his right is a wooden birdhouse, in the shape of a church. As I walked around the backyard, my feet squished in the soft ground. Sticks are strewn everywhere as the Squirrels play. The sun shines and the snow is melting. St. Francis and the wooden house are exposed and bathing in the sunlight.


"Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the church by taking the gospel literally-not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, without limit and without a mite of self-importance."

In the Catholic church St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and the environment. We live in a time when we hear a lot about taking care of the environment. How are we taking care of the planet that we are blessed to live on? How are we taking care of the other creatures that we share this journey with?

Today I want to pay attention to the world around me. Today I want to ask myself what ways I can be a better steward of the resources given to me.

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child-our own tow eyes. All is a miracle. "

Thich Nhat Hanh