Amy G. Casey

I had the blessing of some idle time today. My goal for the day was to take a nice, long hike – what ambition!

I was celebrating the victory of making it to the top of the mountain, when I saw a cool rock outcropping and went to explore. It conveniently had a me-sized slab on the top – perfect to lie down on.

I settled in to my comfy rock spot and got to spend long moments staring at the clouds. It took me back to days as a kid, when this was a perfectly productive way to spend an afternoon. Remember finding faces and animals in the clouds?

After a while I could feel that familiar slipping “out of my mind” that happens in meditation. It’s a safe and happy place to be, one where Spirit has more room to move and plant seeds.

In this expansive place, it came to me that clouds give us an easy way to connect to each other and our planet. Clouds move freely over the Earth, over every living thing. In moments like this, how could I doubt that what I do affects the whole? Clouds are a way to connect every day to knowing that we are all one.