Mystical Morning

The call of the morning

Photo: The call of the morning, Northern California.

Early this morning, as the sun added gold to the sky, my youngest brother Zane called, “The geese are here; the field is white; if you want to take photos, now is the time.”

I jumped out of bed, put on some boots, threw on a jacket, and brushed my teeth but not my hair. 

Birds in flight

Photo: Birds in Flight, Northern California.

As we drove towards the ranch, I felt that familiar surge within me, the essence of my fuel. It’s a transformative energy that shapes me into a better version of myself, filling me with a sense of being one with everything around me. This fuel, this source, has a power beyond what is physical or emotional. It reminds me of the greater gift in life—the heart of everything good and beautiful. In those moments, the connection to the source of love has no room for doubt or fear—mystical and pure love.

Geese in the Morning light

Photo: Geese in the morning light.

I felt it, stopped right there, and then let it soak through me,

absorbed my surroundings, took it in gulps, thanking the high heavens for such beauty,

For such a life, for my family, and for knowing its gift.

And not taking it for granted.

Home land

Photo: Home Land

I love those moments that come with the day.

How they affect each of us differently. Some see a field, some see a harvest, some see work, some see stress, and some see paradise.

I see homeland.

The base of who I am.

White geese landing on water

Photo: Mystical morning, the call of communion.

No matter where I am, I will always be home because home is with me.

What fuels your soul

Many things inspire me, such as the brocante, but what fuels me? Something beyond anything I can tag and tame, something that stirs without knowing when or why, a mystical moment that comes up and says, “Here I am I am yours”.

Life is simply a gift to accept and then hold on to with grace and courage.

What fuels your soul?



Comments

8 responses to “Mystical Morning”

  1. Beautiful words.
    What grounds me is walking barefoot through an apple orchard either at blossom time or harvest time. Letting the soft soil squish through my toes. Relishing the warmth of the sun.

  2. Hi Cory – after I read your beautiful post, I then read this poem that might speak to you (from Sheila’s blog Euphemera https://sheilaephemera.blogspot.com/2024/11/mom-day-at-ross-bay-cemetery-in.html)

    Dear Mother Earth!
    I think I have always
    specially belonged to you.
    I have loved from babyhood
    to roll upon you, to lie with
    my face pressed right down
    on to you in my sorrows.
    I love the look of you and the
    feel of you. When I die I
    should like to be in you
    uncoffined, unshrouded,
    the petals of flowers against
    my flesh and you covering
    me up.
    – Emily Carr

  3. beautiful posting

  4. Such a wonder-full post, such clear appreciation of something beyond us that is always there if we pay attention. It is the call of wild things that fuels me, and the whisper of all the small lives that we miss in pursuit of our own. Thanks for reminding me.

    1. ❤️❤️❤️

  5. Leonie Buchanan

    Thank you Corey, beautiful post. Living in suburban Melbourne there’s not the beauty of wild. When I go to church I often walk past my old home, close to 150+yrs old. I know that’s not old compared to Europe but it’s old here, especially when so many beautiful buildings are being demolished. 😪
    I stand for a few moments seeing my grandparents, parents & all the beautiful times of my childhood, until I was married nearly 60yrs ago.
    We live very close to a primary school & their happy noise at recess takes me back to my school days. I thank God daily for the happiness & love in my life.

  6. Teddee Grace

    The Pacific Flyway? I can see this is a magical experience.

  7. Such a beautiful post, the writing, the photos, the sentiment, the geese…
    What fuels me…music, art, family, friends, dogs, beauty, nature, silence.

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