Stillness comes even to hummingbirds
This morning I spied a rufous hummingbird drinking nectar from a fiery red lily in my backyard. I pulled out my binoculars to get a closer look and was granted the gift of seeing this tiny vibrating creature perch on a leaf and rest a moment or two before it went in again for another dip.
It seems even hummingbirds stop to smell the roses.
Sometimes life is so sweet we need to stop and drink it in. Gifts arrive unexpectedly, and sometimes because we are busy, or even embarrassed by the offer and therefore unable to receive, we fail to take the time to acknowledge what has happened.
These are moments when the law of circulation is present. As we give, so we receive. Give of yourself, and the world can’t fail but to give back.
But why? Why does this happen, and why are there times when it seems to occur in clusters to the point where we are overwhelmed.
This has its basis in another spiritual principle – the law of correspondence. As we think, we create and we create according to that deep seated picture we have of ourselves. Sometimes that picture forms because of the beliefs we carried about ourselves since childhood. Sometimes it comes from experience. Other times it’s influenced by societal and cultural pressures. Layer upon layer we build up ideas of who we are, and the world reflects back to us that truth.
So what’s up the hummingbird?
Resting to see the beauty is one way we get to reframe our experience, moment by moment, piece by piece. Beauty, like Spirit or what I sometimes simply call Energy, is infinite – and so therefore always present, even in the darkest of hours when our world feels like it’s crashing down all around us. By lifting our minds to see this greater experience, we practice creating a new belief about ourselves and our place in the universe.
The nectar of life is sweet. There is beauty in everything. And as we allow this greater truth to be our experience, we let go of those things that no longer serve us. And the Universe, that great Whatever, gives back, in abundance.
