Colleton River Plantation
The satellite
pictures show that the cloud cover and rain is going to continue for another
week. I am hoping for a few breaks in it
to get some decent landscape photos. I
guess if it is overcast I can start trying to go to some museums or other
places with interesting things inside to share photos. It hasn't been my thing so far, but I guess I
might need to adapt.
At the Unitarian Church I attended this
morning they announced that there would be a funeral this afternoon. I read a single sheet hand-out about the life
of the man who had passed, and had a feeling I should attend. Of course, a couple of hours later I was
looking at the list of things that I need to get accomplished and wondering if
I should go. But the feeling had been
strong, so I went anyway.
Well, it didn't take long at the service
to know that I was exactly where I should be.
The man who died had touched many lives.
Not knowing anyone, I was able to observe closely and in a detached
manner the things that many folks shared about him. He was a retired professor of sociology, and
as such it seems that he was very attuned to creating social groups about
himself. He had so many people who he
made feel that they were a part of his life, and he was quite involved in
helping others continue to learn regardless of their age. He created numerous circles of people around
himself of differing backgrounds. All
said that while he was always approachable, you always knew exactly where he
stood on matters of principle. He was a painter, a builder, a writer, a
philosopher and many other things. But
most of all he was human, and he realized and embraced his human experience. And when he learned that he would soon die
and he thus wanted to sum up his finds in his pursuit of understanding? He stated that were he to learn the truth he
would let go of it because the search itself was so meaningful. I sat tonight for a couple of hours trying to
write a meditation that encapsulates the experience, and I ended up with two
half-written meditations (to add to the many hundreds I have not finished
before.) Perhaps I can write early after sleeping a bit on the experience. But if nothing else, it just goes to reinforce that following our intuition is crucial, even though it is so easy to discredit and doubt soon after we receive it.
Last night was a brief window in the
overcast skies – but at least the temperatures are rising. Hopefully I will know before noon if I am
returning to Daufuskie Island or if some other destination awaits.
Have a great
day
David
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