Waves And Ripples

We've been blessed to stand on the shore of the ocean and watch the sun paint the morning sky… to feel the breeze, watch the clouds and marvel at the early birds flying by. We've been blessed to have the time to linger there a while… Blessed in the silence of the morning to see the planet smile. We're often hypnotized by the ocean…and the intimacy with which she behaves… each wave supporting the next one…creating one endless wave. How often we follow one wave…as we have a thousand times before… from as far out as our eyes can see…on its journey to the shore. This wave is followed by another wave, then another… in this beautiful ballet they perform And we marvel how, from an endless amount of ripples an entire ocean forms. And when the tide changes…when we're lucky enough to be sitting on the shore as those ripples head back out to sea…our heart begins to soar. because nature…the consummate artist, we have come to understand… has left, until the next tide rolls in, painted ripples in the sand. And when we think of all the problems in the world and how we are but one ripple in this storm… It helps to be reminded how, when ripples work together an entire ocean can be formed. When enough people realize this…when they begin to understand they will see we have the power, when working together… to leave our own painted ripples in the sand. And when our ripples come together…to a paint the shore even if only for a little while… we will be blessed in the silence of the evening to see the planet smile.