I came across a quote, I think on a Facebook feed, by John Eldridge. I didn't know who he was, so I googled, to find he's an American author, writer of Christian themed books.
The gift of presence is a rare and beautiful gift. To come unguarded, undistracted - be fully present, fully engaged with whoever we are at that moment.
That's how I feel when I work down the river reserve. My focus is on what is immediately around me. I hear bees working in the flowering wattle. See fairy wrens flitting about in the understory. Crows and magpies in the distance. Young ducks swim on the lagoon.
Perfect Peace.
No thought of war in the Ukraine. Referendum. Cost of living. Housing crisis. Brody Grundy. Score review. Julian Assange. Interest rates. Addiction.
Just trees and birds and seeing results of previous work.
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